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Diocese of San Martín

Foromartinien(sis)

Latin rite diocese covering the General San Martin and Tres de Febrero districts of Buenos Aires Province, erected by Pope John XXIII on 10 April 1961 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. Bishop Martin Fassi has led the see since 2020.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 April 1961
Latin
Foromartinien(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Joseph the Worker
Annuario code
001002928

The see in figures

Catholics
550,174
Population
783,200
Catholic share
70.2%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
58
Catholics per priest
9,486
Extent
102 km²
Catholics per km²
5,394

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
Martín Fassi
Born
14 November 1960
Birthplace
Buenos Aires

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 Jesús Buen Pastor stands in San Martín, 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 Buenos Aires

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

The sees of this province:

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.

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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].