Diocese of San Justo, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Justo / Sancti Iusti (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Buenos Aires

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: La Santísima Virgen María Madre de Dios (January 1), Saint Justo and Saint Pastor (August 9)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1969.07.18: Established as Diocese of San Justo / Sancti Iusti (Latin) (from Diocese of Lomas de Zamora and Diocese of Morón and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
2000.11.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere

Contact Info

Address: Dr. Ignacio Arieta 3065, B1754AQA, San Justo, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4484-3561

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.06 – ...):

Bishop Eduardo Horacio García (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Justo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eduardo Horacio García (68)
(2014.11.06 – ...)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina)

Me gastaré y me degastaré por ustedes

Born:	1956.01.22 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.16

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1983.11.18 – 2003.06.21)

Titular Bishop of Ipagro (2003.06.21 – 2014.11.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2003.06.21 – 2014.11.06)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (2014.11.06 – ...)

Bishop Baldomero Carlos Martini (85)
(2004.02.14 – 2014.11.06)

Bishop emeritus of San Justo (Argentina)

Dios es amor

Born:	1939.10.12 (Porteña, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1969.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.02.05

Priest of San Francisco (Argentina) (1969.09.07 – 1988.12.02)

Bishop of San Francisco (Argentina) (1988.12.02 – 2004.02.14)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (2004.02.14 – 2014.11.06)

Bishop Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B.
(1991.04.23 – 2003.03.02)

Born:	1931.11.03 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1958.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.12.13
Died:	2003.03.02 († 71)

Bishop of Concepción (Argentina) (1980.11.08 – 1991.04.23)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (1991.04.23 – 2003.03.02)

Bishop Rodolfo Bufano
(1982.04.16 – 1990.11.05)

Servidor y testigo

Born:	1931.02.15 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.07.21
Died:	1990.11.05 († 59)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania (1978.05.16 – 1980.03.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (1978.05.16 – 1980.03.27)

Bishop of Chascomús (Argentina) (1980.03.27 – 1982.04.16)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (1982.04.16 – 1990.11.05)

Bishop Jorge Carlos Carreras
(1969.07.19 – 1982.04.14)

Born:	1906.05.01 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.04.29
Died:	1987.02.18 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Campania (1962.04.07 – 1965.06.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1962.04.07 – 1965.06.12)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1965.06.12 – 1969.07.19)

Bishop of San Justo (Argentina) (1969.07.19 – 1982.04.14)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Damián Santiago Bitar (61) (2008.10.04 – 2010.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Federico Gatti (1996.07.01 – 1998.07.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rodolfo Bufano (1978.05.16 – 1980.03.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santos Justo y Pastor, San Justo, Buenos Aires
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (43)

Gregorio de Laferrere (↙), Morón (↖), San Martín (↑), Buenos Aires (↗), Lomas de Zamora (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 130 km²

Population: 1,395,400 Catholics (86.4% of 1,614,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes, 57 missions

Personnel: 60 priests (42 diocesan, 18 religious), 25 deacons, 114 religious (73 brothers, 41 sisters), 4 seminarians