Diocese of

San Nicolás de los Arroyos 𝐖

Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Nicolás de los Arroyos / Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Rosario

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra (December 6)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1947.03.03: Established as Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos / Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Mercedes and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1957.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Isidro
1963.08.12: Became suffragan of Rosario
1976.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Zárate–Campana

Contact Info

Address: Bartolomé Mitre 84, B2900ACB, San Nicolás, Argentina

Phone: (03461) 422364

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago (70)
(2016.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Born:	1954.04.12 (María Juana, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.19

Priest of Rafaela (Argentina) (1985.12.19 – 2006.12.05)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (2006.12.05 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (2016.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Héctor Sabatino Cardelli
(2004.02.21 – 2016.09.21)

Ay de mi si no evangelizara

Born:	1941.08.30 (Godoy, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.07.14
Died:	2022.11.07 (Rosario, Argentina † 81)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (1998.05.02 – 2004.02.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (2004.02.21 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (later Archbishop)
(1995.05.08 – 2003.04.29)

Me envió a evangelizar

Born:	1934.12.04 (Carcaraña, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.05.23
Died:	2020.09.27 (Rosario, Argentina † 85)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (1986.03.21 – 1995.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1986.03.21 – 1995.05.08)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1995.05.08 – 2003.04.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina) (2003.04.29 – 2010.11.04)

Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna (93) (later Archbishop)
(1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Corrientes (Argentina)

Reconciliatio et pax

Born:	1931.01.12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.12.29

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1955.12.04 – 1978.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2002 – 2005)

Bishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi (later Archbishop)
(1977.11.11 – 1983.11.26)

Born:	1919.01.09 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.22
Died:	1999.08.21 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Dices (1961.07.24 – 1963.08.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) (1961.07.24 – 1963.08.12)

Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1963.08.12 – 1977.11.11)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1977.11.11 – 1983.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1983.11.26 – 1994.04.07)

Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon
(1966.04.28 – 1977.07.11)

No he venido a ser servido, sino a servir

Born:	1914.03.17 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.15
Died:	1977.07.11 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Rhædestus (1962.06.09 – 1966.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1962.06.09 – 1966.04.28)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1966.04.28 – 1977.07.11)

Bishop Francisco Juan Vénnera
(1959.09.21 – 1966.02.15)

Evangelizare regnum Dei

Born:	1911.06.24 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.08.24
Died:	1990.01.23 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Abitinæ (1956.05.22 – 1959.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1956.05.22 – 1959.09.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1959.09.21 – 1966.02.15)

Titular Bishop of Jubaltiana (1966.02.15 – 1970.12.20)

Bishop Silvino Martínez
(1954.10.23 – 1959.09.21)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1898.09.12 (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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Nicolás de Bari, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (58)

Venado Tuerto (←), Rosario (↖), Gualeguaychú (↗), Zárate–Campana (→), Mercedes–Luján (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,500 km²

Population: 408,000 Catholics (75.0% of 543,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes

Personnel: 96 priests (77 diocesan, 19 religious), 6 deacons, 71 religious (23 brothers, 48 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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