Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rosario, Argentina 🇦🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Rosario / Rosarien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Venado Tuerto

Neighbouring Dioceses: Venado Tuerto (↙), Villa María (←), Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (↑), Paraná (↗), Gualeguaychú (→), San Nicolás de los Arroyos (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Rosario (October 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.04.20: Established as Diocese of Rosario / Rosarien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Fe and became suffragan of Santa Fe)
1963.08.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rosario / Rosarien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees San Nicolás de los Arroyos and Venado Tuerto and lost territory to establish Diocese of Venado Tuerto)

Contact Info

Address: Córdoba 1677, S2000AWY, Rosario, Argentina

Phone: (0341) 4251207

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.07.04 – ...):	Archbishop Eduardo Eliseo Martín (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.05.31 – ...):	Bishop Ernesto José Fernández (60) Titular Bishop of Deultum

Monsignors (29)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Rosario (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Eduardo Eliseo Martín (72)
(2014.07.04 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina)

El verbo se hizo carne

Born:	1953.12.26 (Venado Tuerto, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.05.19

Priest of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1980.12.26 – 2006.02.21)

Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (2006.02.21 – 2014.07.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (2014.07.04 – ...)

Archbishop José Luis Mollaghan
(2005.12.22 – 2014.05.19)

Juxta crucem Jesu

Born:	1946.05.02 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1971.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.10.02
Died:	2025.06.07 (Buenos Aires, Argentina † 79)

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1971.03.19 – 1993.07.22)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1989.10.06 – 1993.07.22)

Titular Bishop of Theuzi (1993.07.22 – 2000.05.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1993.07.22 – 2000.05.17)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1994 – 1999)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (2000.05.17 – 2005.12.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (2005.12.22 – 2014.05.19)

Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2015.01.21 – 2019.07.29)

Supplementary Member of College for the review of appeals by clergy accused of delicta reservata (2019.07.29 – 2025.06.07)

Archbishop Eduardo Vicente Mirás
(1993.11.20 – 2005.12.22)

El que confiese que Jesús es el hijo de Dios, Dios permanecerá en él y él en Dios

Born:	1929.11.14 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1952.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.04.27
Died:	2022.02.24 (Rosario, Argentina † 92)

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1952.08.03 – 1984.03.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1980.09.12 – 1984.03.01)

Titular Bishop of Ambia (1984.03.01 – 1993.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1984.03.01 – 1993.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1993.11.20 – 2005.12.22)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1997 – 1999)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1999 – 2002)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2002 – 2005)

Archbishop Jorge Manuel López
(1983.01.19 – 1993.11.20)

Hacer la verdad en la caridad

Born:	1918.06.05 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.08.15
Died:	2006.12.22 († 88)

Priest of Rosario (Argentina) (1942.12.19 – 1968.05.20)

Titular Bishop of Ausafa (1968.05.20 – 1972.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1968.05.20 – 1972.04.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1972.04.05 – 1983.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1983.01.19 – 1993.11.20)

Archbishop Guillermo Bolatti
(1963.08.12 – 1982.08.07)

In obsequium Christi

Born:	1912.07.14 (Mackenna, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.03.31
Died:	1982.08.07 († 70)

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1936.04.11 – 1957.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Limata (1957.02.02 – 1961.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1957.02.02 – 1961.07.11)

Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1961.07.11 – 1963.08.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1963.08.12 – 1982.08.07)

Bishops of Rosario (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Bolatti (later Archbishop)
(1961.07.11 – 1963.08.12)

(see above)

Bishop Silvino Martínez
(1959.09.21 – 1961.01.27)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1898.09.12 (Peñaranda de Duero, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1921.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.12.21
Died:	1961.01.27 († 62)

Priest of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1921.03.19 – 1946.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Canatha (1946.10.07 – 1954.10.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1946.10.07 – 1954.10.23)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1954.10.23 – 1959.09.21)

Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1959.09.21 – 1961.01.27)

Cardinal Antonio Caggiano
(1934.09.13 – 1959.08.15)

Impendam et superimpendar

Born:	1889.01.30 (Coronda, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1912.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.03.17
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1979.10.23 (Buenos Aires, Argentina † 90)

Priest of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1912.03.23 – 1934.09.13)

Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1959.08.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1946.02.22 – 1979.10.23)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1958 – 1970)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1959.08.15 – 1975.04.22)

Military Vicar of Argentina (Argentina) (1959.12.14 – 1975.04.22)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Fabián Alberto Belay (2023.05.31 – 2024.12.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (67) (later Archbishop) (1999.04.03 – 2006.12.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Armando Collazuol (78) (1997.12.31 – 2004.07.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Héctor Sabatino Cardelli (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (later Archbishop) (1986.03.21 – 1995.05.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Oscar Félix Villena (1982.04.04 – 1994.04.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heraldo Camilo A. Barotto (1973.01.30 – 1983.08.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Atilano Vidal Núñez (1972.04.05 – 1985.05.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Desiderio Elso Collino (1972.01.21 – 1972.11.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jorge Manuel López (later Archbishop) (1968.05.20 – 1972.04.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Benito Epifanio Rodríguez (1960.09.23 – 1976)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos María Cafferata (1956.05.22 – 1961.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Juan Vénnera (1956.05.22 – 1959.09.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Silvino Martínez (1946.10.07 – 1954.10.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe
Minor Basilica: Basílica de San José, Rosario, Santa Fe
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Rosario, Santa Fe
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (127)

Venado Tuerto (↙), Villa María (←), Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (↑), Paraná (↗), Gualeguaychú (→), San Nicolás de los Arroyos (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,500 km²

Population: 1,866,500 Catholics (88.8% of 2,103,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 125 parishes, 233 missions

Personnel: 249 priests (179 diocesan, 70 religious), 12 deacons, 245 religious (92 brothers, 153 sisters), 27 seminarians