Diocese of Goya, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Goya / Goyanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Corrientes

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Itatí (July 9)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.04.10: Established as Diocese of Goya / Goyanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Corrientes and became suffragan of Corrientes)
1979.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santo Tomé

Contact Info

Address: Mariano I. Loza 592, W3450BXL, Goya, Argentina

Phone: (03777) 422314

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.09.24 – ...):

Bishop Adolfo Ramón Canecín (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Goya (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adolfo Ramón Canecín (66)
(2015.09.24 – ...)

Bishop of Goya (Argentina)

Sean uno

Born:	1958.03.25 (Formosa, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1988.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.03.25

Priest of Formosa (Argentina) (1988.03.25 – 2014.12.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Goya (Argentina) (2014.12.09 – 2015.09.24)

Bishop of Goya (Argentina) (2015.09.24 – ...)

Bishop Ricardo Oscar Faifer (84)
(2002.10.10 – 2015.09.24)

Bishop emeritus of Goya (Argentina)

Para servir

Born:	1940.09.04 (Urdinarrain, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1964.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.12.12

Priest of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1964.08.15 – 2002.10.10)

Bishop of Goya (Argentina) (2002.10.10 – 2015.09.24)

Bishop Luis Teodorico Stöckler (88)
(1985.11.21 – 2002.02.25)

Bishop emeritus of Quilmes (Argentina)

Born:	1936.04.12 (Eichelborn, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1960.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.12.17

Priest of Paderborn (Germany) (1960.12.17 – 1985.11.21)

Bishop of Goya (Argentina) (1985.11.21 – 2002.02.25)

Bishop of Quilmes (Argentina) (2002.02.25 – 2011.10.12)

Bishop Alberto Devoto
(1961.06.12 – 1984.07.29)

Born:	1918.05.17 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.17
Died:	1984.07.29 († 66)

Bishop of Goya (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1984.07.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Adolfo Ramón Canecín (66) (2014.12.09 – 2015.09.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Goya, Corrientes
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (25)

Reconquista (←), Corrientes (↗), Santo Tomé (↗), Salto (↘), Concordia (↘), Paraná (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 33,603 km²

Population: 311,000 Catholics (91.9% of 338,267 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 204 missions

Personnel: 31 priests (25 diocesan, 6 religious), 28 deacons, 38 religious (7 brothers, 31 sisters), 3 seminarians