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Suffragan diocese Villa María, Argentina

Diocese of Villa María

Civitatis Mariae

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Villa María, Argentina.

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Established
1957
Catholics
305,000
Priests
48
Territory
28,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Samuel Jofré Giraudo
Born
8 June 1957
Birthplace
Córdoba

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Villa María, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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