Diocese of Morón, Argentina 🇦🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Morón / Moronen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Buenos Aires

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción del Buen Viaje (October 5)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Morón / Moronen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1961.04.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Martín
1969.07.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Justo
1997.05.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Merlo–Moreno

Contact Info

Address: Nuestra Señora del Buen Viaje 936, B1708ECR, Morón, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4629-3143

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.05.28 – ...):

Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Morón (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alejandro Pablo Benna (65)
(2025.05.28 – ...)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina)

Para mi la vida es cristo

Born:	1959.11.12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1987.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.12.23

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1987.11.14 – 2017.11.28)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (2017.11.28 – 2021.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (2017.11.28 – 2021.07.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (2021.03.19 – 2021.07.09)

Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina) (2021.07.09 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2025.05.28 – ...)

Bishop Jorge Vázquez (75)
(2017.06.30 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop emeritus of Morón (Argentina)

Discipulo de Jesus Pastor de su pueblo

Born:	1950.03.13 (Lomas de Zamora, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.29

Priest of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1983.03.31 – 2013.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Castra nova (2013.12.03 – 2017.02.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (2013.12.03 – 2017.02.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2017.02.03 – 2017.06.30)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2017.06.30 – 2025.05.28)

Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn
(2004.11.30 – 2017.06.30)

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)

Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (1996.12.05 – 2004.11.30)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (2004.11.30 – 2017.06.30)

Bishop Justo Oscar Laguna
(1980.01.22 – 2004.11.30)

In verbo tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1929.09.25 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.03.08
Died:	2011.11.03 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Lares (1975.02.01 – 1980.01.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro (Argentina) (1975.02.01 – 1980.01.22)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (1980.01.22 – 2004.11.30)

Bishop Miguel Raspanti, S.D.B.
(1957.03.13 – 1980.01.22)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1904.05.31 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1928.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.12
Died:	1991.02.18 († 86)

Bishop of Morón (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1980.01.22)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jorge Vázquez (75) (2017.02.03 – 2017.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando María Bargalló (70) (1994.04.27 – 1997.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Walter Galán Barry (later Archbishop) (1981.02.11 – 1991.05.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica Inmaculada Concepción del Buen Viaje, Morón, Buenos Aires
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (94)

Merlo–Moreno (←), San Miguel (↖), San Martín (↗), San Justo (↘), Gregorio de Laferrere (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 130 km²

Population: 552,004 Catholics (81.0% of 681,487 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes, 39 missions

Personnel: 59 priests (43 diocesan, 16 religious), 36 deacons, 88 religious (20 brothers, 68 sisters), 5 seminarians