Diocese of

Posadas

Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Posadas / Posaden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Corrientes

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de ltatí (July 9), Saint Ignatius of Loyola (July 31), Saint Roque González de Santa Cruz y compañeros mártires (November 17)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Posadas / Posaden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Corrientes and became suffragan of La Plata)
1961.04.10: Became suffragan of Corrientes
1986.06.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Puerto Iguazú
2009.06.13: Lost territory to Diocese of Puerto Iguazú and lost territory to establish Diocese of Oberá

Contact Info

Address: Félix de Azara 1604, N3300LQJ, Posadas, Argentina

Phone: (03752) 423221

Present Prelates

Bishop (2000.11.25 – ...):

Bishop Juan Rubén Martínez (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Posadas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Rubén Martínez (71)
(2000.11.25 – ...)

Bishop of Posadas (Argentina)

Predicando a Cristo crucificado

Born:	1953.01.20 (Vicente López, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.03.19

Priest of San Isidro (Argentina) (1979.12.22 – 1994.02.12)

Bishop of Reconquista (Argentina) (1994.02.12 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop of Posadas (Argentina) (2000.11.25 – ...)

Bishop Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers, Opus Dei (82) (later Archbishop)
(1994.02.25 – 2000.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina)

Born:	1942.06.21 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.04.25

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1970.06.23 – 1986.03.20)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1986.03.20 – 1994.02.25)

Bishop of Posadas (Argentina) (1994.02.25 – 2000.03.29)

Pontifical Delegate for Institute of the Incarnate Word (1999 – 2001)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2000.03.29 – 2017.06.17)

Bishop Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (later Archbishop)
(1986.06.16 – 1993.03.22)

Toda lengua proclame: Jesús es el Señor

Born:	1930.06.22 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1953.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.30
Died:	2011.06.22 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Zama minor (1980.03.11 – 1986.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma (Argentina) (1980.03.11 – 1986.06.16)

Bishop of Posadas (Argentina) (1986.06.16 – 1993.03.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Resistencia (Argentina) (1993.03.22 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop Jorge Kémérer, S.V.D.
(1957.03.13 – 1986.06.16)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1908.09.13 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1932.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.08
Died:	1998.06.26 († 89)

Bishop of Posadas (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1986.06.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José, Posadas, Misiones
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (42)

Santo Tomé (↙), Encarnación (↑), Puerto Iguazú (↗), Oberá (→), Uruguaiana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,426 km²

Population: 486,384 Catholics (61.0% of 797,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 70 priests (37 diocesan, 33 religious), 34 deacons, 96 religious (41 brothers, 55 sisters), 16 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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