Diocese of Puerto Iguazú
Portus Iguassuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
The Diocese of Puerto Iguazú is a Latin rite diocese in northern Misiones province, Argentina, erected in 1986 by Pope John Paul II. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Corrientes, and Nicolás Baisi has been its bishop since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 1986
- Latin
- Portus Iguassuen(sis)
- Patron
- Santa María del Iguazú; the Martyrs of the Missions (Roque González, Alonso Rodríguez, Juan del Castillo)
- Annuario code
- 001002678
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 380,120
- Population
- 363,469
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 6,911
- Extent
- 18,658 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Nicolás Baisi
- Born
- 15 July 1964
- Birthplace
- Bella Vista
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmen stands in Puerto Iguazú, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Corrientes
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Corrientes.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CorrientesCorrientes
- Diocese of GoyaGoya
- Diocese of OberáOberá
- Diocese of PosadasPosadas
- Diocese of Santo ToméSanto Tomé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].