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Suffragan diocese San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina

Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

Sancti Rochi

Latin rite diocese seated at Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena, Chaco Province, erected by Pope Paul VI on 12 August 1963 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Resistencia. Bishop Hugo Nicolas Barbaro has led the see since 2008.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of San Roque, in San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina.

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Established
1963
Catholics
436,000
Priests
40
Territory
71,303 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Hugo Nicolás Barbaro
Born
12 December 1950
Birthplace
Olivos

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The cathedral

Cathedral of San Roque stands in San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Argentina's Chaco province, this Roman Catholic diocese takes its seat at San Roque, within the city of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, a place commonly shortened to simply Sáenz Peña.