Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Corrientes / Corrienten(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Goya, Oberá, Posadas, Puerto Iguazú, Santo Tomé

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de ltatí (July 9), Aniversario de la Coronación (July 16)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1910.01.21: Established as Diocese of Corrientes / Corrienten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1957.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Posadas
1961.04.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corrientes / Corrienten(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Goya, Posadas and Resistencia and lost territory to establish Diocese of Goya)
1963.08.12: Gained suffragan see Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
1979.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santo Tomé and gained suffragan see Santo Tomé
1984.02.28: Lost suffragan sees Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña and Resistencia
1986.06.16: Gained suffragan see Puerto Iguazú
2009.06.13: Gained suffragan see Oberá

Contact Info

Address: Nueve de Julio 1543, W3400AZA, Corrientes, Argentina

Phone: (03783) 422436

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.04)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.09.27 – ...):	Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. (74)
Coadjutor Archbishop (2024.09.27 – ...):	Archbishop José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. (58)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Corrientes (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. (74)
(2007.09.27 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina)

Hagan lo que Él les diga

Born:	1949.12.15 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1978.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.12.16

Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina) (2001.10.30 – 2007.09.27)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2004 – 2007.07.12)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2007.07.12 – 2011.05.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (2007.09.27 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Orán (Argentina) (2017.08.01 – 2018.04.06)

Archbishop Domingo Salvador Castagna (93)
(1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Corrientes (Argentina)

Reconciliatio et pax

Born:	1931.01.12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.12.29

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1955.12.04 – 1978.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2002 – 2005)

Archbishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi
(1983.11.26 – 1994.04.07)

Born:	1919.01.09 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.22
Died:	1999.08.21 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Dices (1961.07.24 – 1963.08.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) (1961.07.24 – 1963.08.12)

Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1963.08.12 – 1977.11.11)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1977.11.11 – 1983.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1983.11.26 – 1994.04.07)

Archbishop Jorge Manuel López
(1972.04.05 – 1983.01.19)

Hacer la verdad en la caridad

Born:	1918.06.05 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.08.15
Died:	2006.12.22 († 88)

Priest of Rosario (Argentina) (1942.12.19 – 1968.05.20)

Titular Bishop of Ausafa (1968.05.20 – 1972.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1968.05.20 – 1972.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1972.04.05 – 1983.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1983.01.19 – 1993.11.20)

Archbishop Francisco Vicentín
(1961.04.10 – 1972.04.05)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1895.03.15 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1918.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.02.25
Died:	1984.04.15 († 89)

Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1961.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1961.04.10 – 1972.04.05)

Bishops of Corrientes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Vicentín (later Archbishop)
(1934.09.13 – 1961.04.10)

(see above)

Bishop Luis María Niella
(1911.02.03 – 1933.11.30)

Born:	1854.04.24 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1879.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.06.04
Died:	1933.11.30 († 79)

Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1911.02.03 – 1933.11.30)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. (58) (later Archbishop) (2020.03.21 – 2024.09.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti (1929.01.25 – 1934.09.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Corrientes, Corrientes
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Itatí, Itatí, Corrientes
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (55)

Reconquista (↙), Resistencia (↖), San Juan Bautista (↗), Santo Tomé (→), Goya (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,218 km²

Population: 967,000 Catholics (80.7% of 1,197,553 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 89 priests (70 diocesan, 19 religious), 42 deacons, 45 religious (23 brothers, 22 sisters), 21 seminarians