Diocese of Neuquén, Argentina 🇦🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Neuquén / Neuquenian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mendoza

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis de Sales (January 24), María Auxiliadora (May 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.04.10: Established as Diocese of Neuquén / Neuquenian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Mendoza)

Contact Info

Address: Av. Argentina 110, Q8300AYO, Neuquén, Argentina

Phone: (0299) 4422866

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.08.03 – ...):

Bishop Fernando Martín Croxatto (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Neuquén (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fernando Martín Croxatto (69)
(2017.08.03 – ...)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

Por Cristo, con él y en él

Born:	1956.09.25 (Morón, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.17

Priest of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina) (1986.12.06 – 2014.03.13)

Titular Bishop of Fissiana (2014.03.13 – 2017.08.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (2014.03.13 – 2017.08.03)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (2017.08.03 – ...)

Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (83)
(2011.11.08 – 2017.08.03)

Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina)

Aquí estoy, oh dios, para hacer tu voluntad

Born:	1942.05.01 (Berabevú, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.13

Superior General of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) (1991.05.24 – 2003.05.27)

Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (2005.02.19 – 2010.02.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (2010.02.10 – 2011.11.08)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2011.11.08 – 2014.11.11)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (2011.11.08 – 2017.08.03)

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B.
(2002.01.09 – 2011.11.08)

No para ser servido, sino para servir

Born:	1938.09.15 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.09.18
Died:	2021.04.14 (Pucallpa, Peru † 82)

Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma (Argentina) (1993.07.22 – 1995.06.28)

Bishop of Viedma (Argentina) (1995.06.28 – 2002.01.09)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (2002.01.09 – 2011.11.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina) (2002.04.06 – 2002.04.30)

Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1991.05.14 – 2001.04.24)

Hemos creido en el amor

Born:	1944.09.22 (Avellaneda, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1972.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.07.20
Died:	2020.09.02 (Junín, Argentina † 75)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (1991.05.14 – 2001.04.24)

Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (2001.04.24 – 2007.12.27)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2005 – 2008)

Archbishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina) (2007.12.27 – 2019.10.04)

Bishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B.
(1961.06.12 – 1991.05.14)

El amor de Cristo nos apura

Born:	1915.01.29 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1951.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.20
Died:	1995.05.19 († 80)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1991.05.14)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (83) (2010.02.10 – 2011.11.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral María Auxiliadora, Neuquén, Neuquén
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (56)

Osorno (↙), Valdivia (↙), Villarrica (↙), Temuco (←), Santa María de los Ángeles (←), Concepción (↖), San Bartolomé de Chillán (↖), Linares (↖), San Rafael (↑), Alto Valle del Río Negro (→), San Carlos de Bariloche (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 94,078 km²

Population: 489,300 Catholics (72.8% of 672,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes, 225 missions

Personnel: 54 priests (33 diocesan, 21 religious), 25 deacons, 102 religious (24 brothers, 78 sisters), 4 seminarians