Diocese of San Rafael, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Rafael / Fororaphaëlien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Mendoza

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Rafael Arcángel (October 24), Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (February 11), Saint Joseph (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.04.10: Established as Diocese of San Rafael / Fororaphaëlien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mendoza and became suffragan of Mendoza)

Contact Info

Address: Rivadavia 415, M5600FQA, San Rafael, Argentina

Phone: (02627) 422815

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2025.02.13 – ...):

Bishop Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli (64)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera

Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza (Argentina)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Rafael (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.02.13 – ...)

Bishop Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. (59)
(2023.02.11 – 2025.02.13)

Bishop emeritus of San Rafael (Argentina)

Alegres en la esperanza

Born:	1965.12.23 (San Martin, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1993.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.06.29

Titular Bishop of Vita (2019.04.22 – 2023.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (2019.04.22 – 2023.02.11)

Apostolic Administrator of San Rafael (Argentina) (2022.02.05 – 2023.02.11)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (2023.02.11 – 2025.02.13)

Bishop Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.02.05 – 2023.02.11)

Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig (70)
(2004.07.21 – 2022.02.05)

Bishop emeritus of San Rafael (Argentina)

Paterna atque fraterna caritate

Born:	1954.07.04 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.25

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1982.12.03 – 2004.07.21)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (2004.07.21 – 2022.02.05)

Bishop Guillermo José Garlatti (84) (later Archbishop)
(1997.02.20 – 2003.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bahía Blanca (Argentina)

Un solo Dios y padre de todos

Born:	1940.07.12 (Forgaria, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1964.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.11.30

Priest of La Plata (Argentina) (1964.07.05 – 1994.08.27)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ regiæ (1994.08.27 – 1997.02.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1994.08.27 – 1997.02.20)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1997.02.20 – 2003.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (2003.03.11 – 2017.07.12)

Bishop Jesús Arturo Roldán
(1991.11.09 – 1996.05.31)

Born:	1931.05.21 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.08.15
Died:	1996.05.31 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala (1980.05.26 – 1991.11.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1980.05.26 – 1991.11.09)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1991.11.09 – 1996.05.31)

Bishop León Kruk
(1973.01.20 – 1991.09.07)

Born:	1926.11.30 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.03.17
Died:	1991.09.07 († 64)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1973.01.20 – 1991.09.07)

Bishop Oscar Félix Villena
(1970.02.11 – 1972.04.11)

Born:	1917.08.12 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1941.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.16
Died:	2004.10.08 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Musti (1962.07.26 – 1970.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1962.07.26 – 1970.02.11)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1970.02.11 – 1972.04.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1982.04.04 – 1994.04.07)

Bishop Jorge Carlos Carreras
(1965.06.12 – 1969.07.19)

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)

Bishop Raúl Francisco Primatesta (later Cardinal)
(1961.06.12 – 1965.02.16)

Parare

Born:	1919.04.14 (Capilla del Señor, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.08.15
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	2006.05.01 (Córdoba, Argentina † 87)

Priest of La Plata (Argentina) (1942.10.25 – 1957.06.14)

Titular Bishop of Tanais (1957.06.14 – 1961.06.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1957.06.14 – 1961.06.12)

Bishop of San Rafael (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1965.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1965.02.16 – 1998.11.17)

Cardinal-Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (1973.03.05 – 2006.05.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1976 – 1982)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (1985 – 1990)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Rafael Arcángel, San Rafael, Mendoza
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (29)

Talca (←), Rancagua (←), Santiago (↖), Mendoza (↑), San Luis (↗), Santa Rosa (↘), Neuquén (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 87,286 km²

Population: 246,790 Catholics (84.0% of 293,798 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 105 priests (69 diocesan, 36 religious), 302 religious (146 brothers, 156 sisters), 12 seminarians