Diocese of

Nueve de Julio

Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nueve de Julio / Sancti Dominici Novem Iulii (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mercedes–Luján

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Dominic of Osma (August 8), Nuestra Señora de Fátima (October 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Nueve de Julio / Sancti Dominici Novem Iulii (Latin) (from Diocese of Azul and Diocese of Mercedes and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1967.05.05: Became suffragan of La Plata
2019.10.04: Became suffragan of Mercedes–Luján

Contact Info

Address: Edison 954, B6500DRV, Nueve de Julio, Argentina

Phone: (02317) 422262

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.12.01 – ...):

Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nueve de Julio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (63)
(2015.12.01 – ...)

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

Born:	1961.01.18 (Veinticinco de Mayo, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1990.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.12.13

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1990.11.17 – 2008.11.22)

Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati (2008.11.22 – 2015.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (2008.11.22 – 2015.05.12)

Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (2015.05.12 – 2015.12.01)

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (2015.12.01 – ...)

Bishop Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B. (84)
(1999.07.06 – 2015.12.01)

Bishop emeritus of Nueve de Julio (Argentina)

Per virtutem crucis

Born:	1940.10.23 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1971.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.14

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (1999.07.06 – 2015.12.01)

Bishop José Vittorio Tommasí
(1991.08.28 – 1998.09.16)

Gloria a Dios y paz a los hombres

Born:	1930.07.30 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1955.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.21
Died:	1998.09.16 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Equizetum (1984.11.19 – 1991.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1984.11.19 – 1991.08.28)

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (1991.08.28 – 1998.09.16)

Bishop Alejo Benedicto Gilligan
(1969.07.19 – 1991.08.28)

Born:	1916.05.07 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.10.04
Died:	2007.07.17 († 91)

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (1969.07.19 – 1991.08.28)

Bishop Antonio Quarracino (later Cardinal)
(1962.02.03 – 1968.08.03)

Born:	1923.08.08 (Pollica, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.04.08
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28
Died:	1998.02.28 (Buenos Aires, Argentina † 74)

Priest of Mercedes (Argentina) (1945.12.22 – 1962.02.03)

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (1962.02.03 – 1968.08.03)

Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina) (1968.08.03 – 1985.12.18)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1979 – 1983)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1983 – 1987)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1985.12.18 – 1990.07.10)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1990 – 1996)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1990.07.10 – 1998.02.28)

Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) (1990.11.20 – 1998.02.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle (1991.06.28 – 1998.02.28)

Bishop Agustín Adolfo Herrera
(1957.03.13 – 1961.07.24)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1912.08.28 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.11
Died:	2000.07.18 († 87)

Bishop of Nueve de Julio (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1961.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Tanais (1961.07.24 – 1965.09.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jujuy (Argentina) (1961.07.24 – 1965.09.08)

Bishop of San Francisco (Argentina) (1965.09.08 – 1988.12.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (63) (2015.05.12 – 2015.12.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (35)

Santa Rosa (←), Río Cuarto (↖), Venado Tuerto (↑), Mercedes–Luján (→), Azul (↘), Bahía Blanca (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 57,016 km²

Population: 431,000 Catholics (89.2% of 483,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 110 missions

Personnel: 48 priests (30 diocesan, 18 religious), 5 deacons, 80 religious (27 brothers, 53 sisters), 12 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

© 2025 GCatholic.org