Diocese of

Puerto Iguazú

Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Puerto Iguazú / Portus Iguassuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Corrientes

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santa María del Iguazú (domingo posterior al 16 de agosto), Santos Mártires de las Misiones, Saint Roque González de Santa Cruz, Saint Alonso Rodríguez Obnel y Saint Juan del Castillo Rodríguez (tercer domingo o 17 de noviembre)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1986.06.16: Established as Diocese of Puerto Iguazú / Portus Iguassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Posadas and became suffragan of Corrientes)
2009.06.13: Gained territory from Diocese of Posadas and lost territory to establish Diocese of Oberá

Contact Info

Address: Guatambú 184, N3370DPD, Puerto Iguazú, Argentina

Phone: (03757) 420526

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.05.08 – ...):

Bishop Nicolás Baisi (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Puerto Iguazú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicolás Baisi (61)
(2020.05.08 – ...)

Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1964.07.15 (Bella Vista, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1993.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.06.19

Priest of San Miguel (Argentina) (1993.11.21 – 2010.04.08)

Titular Bishop of Tepelta (2010.04.08 – 2020.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina) (2010.04.08 – 2020.05.08)

Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) (2020.05.08 – ...)

Bishop Marcelo Raúl Martorell
(2006.10.03 – 2020.05.08)

Los amó hasta el fin

Born:	1945.03.01 (Salta, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.12.08
Died:	2024.06.16 (Salta, Argentina † 79)

Priest of Córdoba (Argentina) (1970.06.29 – 2006.10.03)

Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) (2006.10.03 – 2020.05.08)

Bishop Joaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J.
(1986.06.16 – 2006.10.03)

Born:	1930.05.25 (Sabadell, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.08.16
Died:	2013.07.08 († 83)

Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina) (1986.06.16 – 2006.10.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Virgen del Carmen, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (30)

Encarnación (↙), Posadas (↙), Ciudad del Este (↖), Foz do Iguaçu (↑), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (→), Chapecó (↘), Frederico Westphalen (↘), Oberá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,658 km²

Population: 262,697 Catholics (72.3% of 363,469 total)

Pastoral Centres: 37 parishes, 472 missions

Personnel: 55 priests (45 diocesan, 10 religious), 43 deacons, 31 religious (10 brothers, 21 sisters), 11 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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