Diocese of Rawson, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rawson (español) / Rausonopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bahía Blanca

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2023.10.19: Established as Diocese of Rawson (español) / Rausonopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.10.19 – ...):

Bishop Roberto Pio Álvarez (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rawson (Roman Rite)

Bishop Roberto Pio Álvarez (56)
(2023.10.19 – ...)

Bishop of Rawson (Argentina)

Born:	1968.05.05 (Córdoba, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.12.22

Priest of Córdoba (Argentina) (1998.12.14 – 2017.11.28)

Titular Bishop of Sozopolis in Hæmimonto (2017.11.28 – 2023.10.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (2017.11.28 – 2023.10.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (2023.10.19 – 2024.02.22)

Bishop of Rawson (Argentina) (2023.10.19 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral María Auxiliadora, Trelew, Chubut

Churches by City (14)

Comodoro Rivadavia (↙), Esquel (←), San Carlos de Bariloche (↖), Viedma (↑)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 95,606 km²

Population: 162,173 Catholics (60.0% of 270,289 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes

Personnel: 14 priests (10 diocesan, 4 religious), 10 deacons, 11 religious (4 brothers, 7 sisters), 1 seminarian

Diocese of

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