Diocese of Gualeguaychú, Argentina 🇦🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Paraná

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Nicolás de los Arroyos (↙), Rosario (←), Paraná (↖), Concordia (↑), Salto (↗), Mercedes (→), San Isidro (↓), Zárate–Campana (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario (October 7), Nuestra Señora del Rosario (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Gualeguaychú / Gualeguaychen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Paraná)

Contact Info

Address: Monseñor J. Chalup 30, E2822EZB, Gualeguaychú, Argentina

Phone: (03446) 426336

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.03.28 – ...):

Bishop Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (69)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Gualeguaychú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor Luis Zordán, M.SS.CC. (69)
(2017.03.28 – ...)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina)

Nos amo y se entrego por nosotros

Born:	1956.11.30 (Calchaquí, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1984.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.05.28

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (2017.03.28 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano (71) (later Archbishop)
(2005.12.22 – 2016.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Born:	1955.02.10 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.25

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1982.12.03 – 2000.01.04)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (2000.01.04 – 2005.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2000.01.04 – 2005.12.22)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (2005.12.22 – 2016.08.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2016.08.31 – 2017.06.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2017.06.17 – ...)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2020.11.06 – 2023.05.17)

Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn
(1996.12.05 – 2004.11.30)

Que seamos todos uno

Born:	1942.06.26 (Gilbert, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.19
Died:	2022.05.25 (Gualeguaychú, Argentina † 79)

Priest of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1968.12.21 – 1996.12.05)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1993.12.26 – 1996.12.05)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1996.12.05 – 2004.11.30)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2004.11.30 – 2017.06.30)

Bishop Pedro Boxler
(1967.04.25 – 1996.12.05)

Pro mundi vita

Born:	1920.08.03 (Santa Anita, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1944.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.18
Died:	1998.01.01 (Gualeguaychú, Argentina † 77)

Priest of Paraná (Argentina) (1944.08.06 – 1961.04.10)

Priest of Concordia (Argentina) (1961.04.10 – 1967.04.25)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1967.04.25 – 1996.12.05)

Bishop Jorge Ramón Chalup
(1957.03.13 – 1966.07.11)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1911.03.22 (Paso de los Libres, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1935.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.09
Died:	1966.07.11 († 55)

Priest of Corrientes (Argentina) (1935.12.21 – 1957.03.13)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1966.07.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, Gualeguaychú, Entre Rios
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción del Uruguay, Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Rios
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu, Victoria, Entre Rios
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (38)

San Nicolás de los Arroyos (↙), Rosario (←), Paraná (↖), Concordia (↑), Salto (↗), Mercedes (→), San Isidro (↓), Zárate–Campana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 33,887 km²

Population: 280,525 Catholics (72.5% of 386,752 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes

Personnel: 41 priests (34 diocesan, 7 religious), 11 deacons, 49 religious (13 brothers, 36 sisters), 11 seminarians