Diocese of La Rioja, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: La Rioja / Rioien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Juan de Cuyo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra (January 1), Fiesta de invierno de San Nicolás (1° domingo de julio), Saint Francis Solanus (2° domingo de agosto), Fiesta del Tinkunaco o Encuentro del Niño Dios Alcalde con San Nicolás y el pueblo de La Rioja (December 31)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.04.20: Established as Diocese of La Rioja / Rioien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of San Juan de Cuyo)

Contact Info

Address: San Nicolás de Bari (O) 560, F5300AAS, La Rioja, Argentina

Phone: (03822) 433942

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.12.13 – ...):

Bishop Dante Gustavo Braida (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of La Rioja (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dante Gustavo Braida (56)
(2018.12.13 – ...)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina)

La paz esté con ustédes

Born:	1968.07.18 (Reconquista, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1996.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.06.12

Priest of Reconquista (Argentina) (1996.04.21 – 2015.04.11)

Titular Bishop of Tanudaia (2015.04.11 – 2018.12.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina) (2015.04.11 – 2018.12.13)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (2018.12.13 – ...)

Bishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo (63) (later Archbishop)
(2013.07.09 – 2018.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina)
President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina

Conságralos en la verdad

Born:	1961.03.27 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.08.08

Priest of Quilmes (Argentina) (1988.12.16 – 2009.05.08)

Bishop of Orán (Argentina) (2009.05.08 – 2013.07.09)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (2013.07.09 – 2018.05.22)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2017.11.07 – 2021.11.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina) (2018.05.22 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2021.11.09 – 2024.11.12)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2024.11.12 – ...)

Bishop Roberto Rodríguez
(2006.05.24 – 2013.07.09)

Tened los mismos sentimientos de Cristo

Born:	1936.08.14 (Temperley, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.12.22
Died:	2021.07.03 (Jesús María, Argentina † 84)

Titular Bishop of Pertusa (1992.11.12 – 1998.06.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1992.11.12 – 1998.06.23)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (1998.06.23 – 2006.05.24)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (2006.05.24 – 2013.07.09)

Bishop Fabriciano Sigampa (later Archbishop)
(1992.12.30 – 2005.11.17)

Alégrense siempre del Señor

Born:	1936.09.15 (Vichigasta, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.05.03
Died:	2021.03.31 (La Rioja, Argentina † 84)

Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina) (1985.03.09 – 1992.12.30)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (1992.12.30 – 2005.11.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina) (2005.11.17 – 2013.02.21)

Bishop Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I.
(1977.04.14 – 1992.07.08)

Con María, madre de Jesús

Born:	1926.07.27 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1954.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.20
Died:	2015.02.21 († 88)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (1977.04.14 – 1992.07.08)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (1992.07.08 – 2001.07.28)

Blessed Bishop Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti
(1968.07.03 – 1976.08.04)

Para que todos sean uno

Born:	1923.07.17 (Alta Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1949.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.03.12
Died:	1976.08.04 🩸 (Punta de los Llanos, la Rioja, Argentina † 53)
Beatified:	2019.04.27 (La Rioja, Argentina)