Diocese of Zárate–Campana
Zaraten(sis)-Campanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zárate–Campana, Argentina
Latin Catholic diocese in northern Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, erected on 21 April 1976 by Pope Paul VI. Its cathedral is in Campana with a co-cathedral in Belen de Escobar. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Lujan since 2019, led by Bishop Pedro Maria Laxague since 2015.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 March 1976
- Latin
- Zaraten(sis)-Campanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Luján and St. Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001000235
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 636,000
- Population
- 900,000
- Catholic share
- 70.7%
- Priests
- 73
- Catholics per priest
- 8,712
- Extent
- 5,903 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
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
- Pedro María Laxague
- Born
- 4 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Coronel Pringles
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 Saint Florentina stands in Zárate–Campana, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mercedes-Luján
A suffragan of Mercedes-Luján.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin rite suffragan see in central Argentina on the Atlantic coast, the Diocese of Zárate-Campana (Latin: Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, its metropolitan having changed from La Plata in 2019. The bishop's seat is Catedral Santa Florentina in Campana, dedicated to Saint Florentina, and the diocese also holds a co-cathedral in Belén de Escobar, likewise in Buenos Aires Province: Cocatedral Natividad del Señor, dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lord.
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].