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Metropolitan see Resistencia, Argentina

Archdiocese of Resistencia

Resistenciae

Resistencia is in fact a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese (not a diocese) covering part of Chaco province, Argentina, erected as a diocese in 1939 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1984. Its suffragans are the dioceses of Formosa and San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, and Ramón Alfredo Dus has been archbishop since 2013.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of San Fernando Rey, in Resistencia, Argentina.

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Established
1939
Catholics
512,900
Priests
67
Territory
28,250 km²

Parishes and churches

29 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Ramón Alfredo Dus
Born
22 May 1956
Birthplace
San Lorenzo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of San Fernando Rey stands in Resistencia, 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.