Diocese of San Luis
Sancti Ludovici in Argentina
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Luis, Argentina
Latin rite diocese covering the entire province of San Luis, erected by Pope Pius XI on 20 April 1934 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mendoza. Bishop Gabriel Bernardo Barba has led the see since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1934
- Latin
- Sancti Ludovici in Argentina
- Patron
- san Luis Rey
- Annuario code
- 001002922
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 467,000
- Population
- 459,000
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 6,486
- Extent
- 76,748 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.1
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
- Gabriel Bernardo Barba
- Born
- 24 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Morón
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
de la Inmaculada Concepción stands in San Luis, 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 Mendoza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mendoza.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MendozaMendoza
- Diocese of NeuquénNeuquén
- Diocese of San RafaelSan Rafael
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, Avda. Presidente Illía 268, d5700iep San Luis, Argentina
- Telephone
- [0266]4422.415
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].