Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina 🇦🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Alto Valle del Río Negro / Rivi Nigri Vallen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bahía Blanca

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sagrada Familia de Nazaret (3er. domingo de octubre)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1993.07.22: Established as Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro / Rivi Nigri Vallen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca)

Contact Info

Address: Coronel Rodhe 433, Casilla de correo 787, R8332AXI, General Roca, Argentina

Phone: (02941) 430860

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2025.08.09 – ...):

Bishop Oscar Eduardo Miñarro (65)

Titular Bishop of Anzio

Auxiliary Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Oscar Eduardo Miñarro (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.08.09 – ...)

Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna (65)
(2021.07.09 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Para mi la vida es cristo

Born:	1959.11.12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1987.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.12.23

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1987.11.14 – 2017.11.28)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (2017.11.28 – 2021.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (2017.11.28 – 2021.07.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (2021.03.19 – 2021.07.09)

Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (2021.07.09 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2025.05.28 – ...)

Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.03.19 – 2021.07.09)

Bishop Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta (69)
(2010.02.10 – 2021.03.20)

Bishop emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina)

Santificalos

Born:	1956.05.18 (Córdoba, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.25

Priest of Córdoba (Argentina) (1983.12.08 – 2010.02.10)

Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (2010.02.10 – 2021.03.20)

Bishop Néstor Hugo Navarro (91)
(2003.03.19 – 2010.02.10)

Bishop emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina)

Jesu Cristo ayer, hoy e semper

Born:	1934.03.26 (Cabildo, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.01

Priest of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1968.12.21 – 1998.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Rotdon (1998.04.15 – 2003.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1998.04.15 – 2003.03.19)

Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (2003.03.19 – 2010.02.10)

Bishop José Pedro Pozzi, S.D.B.
(1993.07.22 – 2003.03.19)

Para que tengan vida

Born:	1925.07.12 (Vimercate, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1951.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.25
Died:	2017.11.26 (General Roca, Argentina † 92)

Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (1993.07.22 – 2003.03.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, General Roca, Rio Negro
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (19)

San Carlos de Bariloche (↙), Neuquén (←), Santa Rosa (↑), Viedma (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 37,130 km²

Population: 271,300 Catholics (70.0% of 387,566 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 23 priests (16 diocesan, 7 religious), 7 deacons, 13 religious (7 brothers, 6 sisters), 4 seminarians