Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina 🇦🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Gregorio de Laferrere / Gregorii de Laferrere (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Buenos Aires

Neighbouring Dioceses: Mercedes–Luján (←), Merlo–Moreno (↖), Morón (↑), San Justo (↗), Lomas de Zamora (→), Chascomús (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Cristo Rey (último domingo del año litúrgico)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2000.11.25: Established as Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere / Gregorii de Laferrere (Latin) (from Diocese of San Justo and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)

Contact Info

Address: Ricardo Gutiérrez 6037, B1757AIY, Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4457-4844

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gregorio de Laferrere (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell (71)
(2020.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere (Argentina)

Born:	1954.04.22 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.02.27

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1983.11.18 – 2014.11.21)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Byzacena (2014.11.21 – 2020.06.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (2014.11.21 – 2020.06.30)

Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere (Argentina) (2020.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Gabriel Bernardo Barba (61)
(2013.12.19 – 2020.06.09)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

En Cristo somos uno

Born:	1964.04.24 (Morón, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.01

Priest of Morón (Argentina) (1989.08.12 – 1997.05.13)

Priest of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina) (1997.05.13 – 2013.12.19)

Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere (Argentina) (2013.12.19 – 2020.06.09)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (2020.06.09 – ...)

Bishop Juan Horacio Suárez (88)
(2000.11.25 – 2013.12.19)

Bishop emeritus of Gregorio de Laferrere (Argentina)

La caridad de Cristo nos apremia

Born:	1938.03.12 (Villa Nueva, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.12.23

Priest of La Plata (Argentina) (1967.12.02 – 1969.07.18)

Priest of San Justo (Argentina) (1969.07.18 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere (Argentina) (2000.11.25 – 2013.12.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Cristo Rey, Gregorio de Laferrere, Buenos Aires

Churches by City (30)

Mercedes–Luján (←), Merlo–Moreno (↖), Morón (↑), San Justo (↗), Lomas de Zamora (→), Chascomús (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,440 km²

Population: 756,700 Catholics (90.3% of 838,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes, 110 missions

Personnel: 47 priests (35 diocesan, 12 religious), 14 deacons, 76 religious (36 brothers, 40 sisters), 10 seminarians