Diocese of Villa María
Civitatis Mariae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Villa María, Argentina
Latin Catholic diocese in Cordoba Province, Argentina, erected on 11 February 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cordoba, led by Bishop Samuel Jofre Giraudo since 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 February 1957
- Latin
- Civitatis Mariae
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000108
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 305,000
- Population
- 382,000
- Catholic share
- 79.8%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 6,354
- Extent
- 28,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Samuel Jofré Giraudo
- Born
- 8 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Córdoba
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 the Immaculate Conception stands in Villa María, 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 Córdoba
A suffragan of Córdoba.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cruz del EjeCruz del Eje
- Archdiocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of Deán FunesDeán Funes
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the ecclesiastical province of Córdoba, Argentina, the city of Villa María gives its seat and name to this Catholic diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Civitatis Mariae.
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].