Diocese of Villa María, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Villa María / Civitatis Mariæ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Córdoba

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Inmaculada Concepción de la Santísima Virgen (December 8), San José Obrero (May 1), Saint Pius X (August 21)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.02.11: Established as Diocese of Villa María / Civitatis Mariæ (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Córdoba and became suffragan of Córdoba)
1960.07.18: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Córdoba

Contact Info

Address: Dr. Manuel Belgrano 20, X5901BGB, Villa María, Argentina

Phone: (0353) 4532026

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.02.28 – ...):

Bishop Samuel Jofré Giraudo (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Villa María (Roman Rite)

Bishop Samuel Jofré Giraudo (67)
(2013.02.28 – ...)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina)

Omnia in bonum

Born:	1957.06.08 (Córdoba, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.05

Priest of Córdoba (Argentina) (1983.12.08 – 2013.02.28)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (2013.02.28 – ...)

Bishop José Ángel Rovai
(2006.10.03 – 2013.02.28)

Born:	1936.10.19 (Córdoba, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1963.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.11.01
Died:	2024.06.19 (Córdoba, Argentina † 87)

Priest of Córdoba (Argentina) (1963.08.15 – 1999.08.13)

Titular Bishop of Abaradira (1999.08.13 – 2006.10.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1999.08.13 – 2006.10.03)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (2006.10.03 – 2013.02.28)

Bishop Roberto Rodríguez
(1998.06.23 – 2006.05.24)

Tened los mismos sentimientos de Cristo

Born:	1936.08.14 (Temperley, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1970.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.12.22
Died:	2021.07.03 (Jesús María, Argentina † 84)

Titular Bishop of Pertusa (1992.11.12 – 1998.06.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1992.11.12 – 1998.06.23)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (1998.06.23 – 2006.05.24)

Bishop of La Rioja (Argentina) (2006.05.24 – 2013.07.09)

Bishop Alfredo Guillermo Disandro
(1980.04.16 – 1998.06.23)

Born:	1922.06.08 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.04.20
Died:	2001.07.01 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris (1975.02.24 – 1980.04.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1975.02.24 – 1980.04.16)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (1980.04.16 – 1998.06.23)

Bishop Cándido Genaro Rubiolo (later Archbishop)
(1977.04.15 – 1979.10.11)

Born:	1920.09.19 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1945.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.11.17
Died:	2004.02.09 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania (1974.09.04 – 1977.04.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1974.09.04 – 1977.04.15)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (1977.04.15 – 1979.10.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mendoza (Argentina) (1979.10.11 – 1996.03.25)

Bishop Alberto Deane, C.P.
(1957.03.13 – 1977.04.15)

Born:	1908.05.03 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1933.04.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.29
Died:	1985.09.15 († 77)

Superior General of Congregation of the Passion (Passionists) (1946 – 1952)

Bishop of Villa María (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1977.04.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santuario de la Inmaculada Concepción, Villa María, Cordoba
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (52)

San Luis (↙), Río Cuarto (↙), Córdoba (↖), San Francisco (↑), Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (↗), Rosario (→), Venado Tuerto (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,000 km²

Population: 323,000 Catholics (80.8% of 400,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (46 diocesan, 2 religious), 3 deacons, 11 religious (2 brothers, 9 sisters), 6 seminarians