Diocese of Concordia, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Concordia / Foroconcordian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paraná

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: María Inmaculada de la Concordia (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.04.10: Established as Diocese of Concordia / Foroconcordian(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Paraná)

Contact Info

Address: Pellegrini 800, E3200AMN, Concordia, Argentina

Phone: (0345) 4211253

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.06.21 – ...):

Bishop Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Concordia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen (60)
(2023.06.21 – ...)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina)

Sigueme

Born:	1963.11.26 (Curupaity, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1990.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.12.09

Priest of Rafaela (Argentina) (1990.10.26 – 2011.10.12)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Deán Funes (Argentina) (2011.10.12 – 2013.12.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Deán Funes (Argentina) (2013.12.21 – 2023.06.21)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (2023.06.21 – ...)

Bishop Luis Armando Collazuol (76)
(2004.07.21 – 2023.06.21)

Bishop emeritus of Concordia (Argentina)

Gloria a Dios y paz a los hombres

Born:	1948.02.10 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1974.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.03.27

Priest of Rosario (Argentina) (1974.09.29 – 1997.12.31)

Titular Bishop of Elo (1997.12.31 – 2004.07.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1997.12.31 – 2004.07.21)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (2004.07.21 – 2023.06.21)

Bishop Héctor Sabatino Cardelli
(1998.05.02 – 2004.02.21)

Ay de mi si no evangelizara

Born:	1941.08.30 (Godoy, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.07.14
Died:	2022.11.07 (Rosario, Argentina † 81)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (1998.05.02 – 2004.02.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (2004.02.21 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop Adolfo Gerstner
(1977.01.24 – 1998.05.02)

Born:	1921.10.28 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1947.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.26
Died:	2002.12.04 († 81)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (1977.01.24 – 1998.05.02)

Bishop Ricardo Rösch
(1961.06.12 – 1976.08.21)

Born:	1911.10.12 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1939.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.29
Died:	1976.08.21 († 64)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1976.08.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Antonio de Padua, Concordia, Entre Rios
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (30)

Paraná (↙), Goya (↖), Salto (→), Gualeguaychú (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,000 km²

Population: 296,500 Catholics (90.2% of 328,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 130 missions

Personnel: 46 priests (45 diocesan, 1 religious), 4 deacons, 27 religious (1 brother, 26 sisters), 5 seminarians