Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Carlos de Bariloche / Sancti Caroli Vurilocen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bahía Blanca

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (August 5), Saint Charles Borromeo (November 4)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1993.07.22: Established as Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche / Sancti Caroli Vurilocen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Bahía Blanca)

Contact Info

Address: Pasaje Gutiérrez 893, R8400GAC, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Phone: (02944) 423142

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.05.19 – ...):

Bishop Juan Carlos Ares (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Carlos de Bariloche (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Ares (61)
(2023.05.19 – ...)

Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina)

Aquí estoy envíame

Born:	1963.12.23 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1989.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.12.26

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1989.11.25 – 2014.11.17)

Titular Bishop of Cercina (2014.11.17 – 2023.05.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2014.11.17 – 2023.05.19)

Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina) (2023.05.19 – ...)

Bishop Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F. (71)
(2013.07.09 – 2022.10.20)

Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina)

Su misericordia llega a sus fieles

Born:	1953.07.22 (Colonia Freitas, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1980.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.28

Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina) (2013.07.09 – 2022.10.20)

Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina) (2022.10.20 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti
(2001.07.20 – 2013.05.06)

Consuelen a mi pueblo

Born:	1949.03.17 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.18
Died:	2022.03.08 (Buenos Aires, Argentina † 72)

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1973.11.24 – 2001.07.20)

Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina) (2001.07.20 – 2013.05.06)

Bishop of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina) (2013.05.06 – 2022.03.08)

Bishop Rubén Oscar Frassia (79)
(1993.07.22 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop emeritus of Avellaneda–Lanús (Argentina)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1945.12.01 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.04.04

Titular Bishop of Cæciri (1992.02.26 – 1993.07.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1992.02.26 – 1993.07.22)

Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina) (1993.07.22 – 2000.11.25)

Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina) (2000.11.25 – 2001.04.24)

Bishop of Avellaneda–Lanús (Argentina) (2001.04.24 – 2020.08.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Nahuel Huapi, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (21)

Puerto Montt (←), Osorno (↖), Neuquén (↑), Alto Valle del Río Negro (↗), Viedma (→), Rawson (↘), Esquel (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 78,000 km²

Population: 171,500 Catholics (70.0% of 245,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 108 missions

Personnel: 21 priests (15 diocesan, 6 religious), 2 deacons, 43 religious (7 brothers, 36 sisters), 1 seminarian