Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto (Latin: Dioecesis Rivi Quarti Immaculatae Conceptionis) is located in the village of Concepción in the city of Río Cuarto, in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.

Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto Dioecesis Rivi Quarti Immaculatae Conceptionis Diócesis de Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Córdoba
Metropolitan	Córdoba
Statistics
Area	58,519 km2 (22,594 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 453,000 427,000 (94.3%)
Parishes	52
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	20 April 1934 (90 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Río Cuarto, Córdoba
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Eduardo Eliseo Martín
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos José Ñáñez

History

On 20 April 1934, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Río Cuarto from the Diocese of Córdoba. Its name was changed to the Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto on 12 July 1995.^[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Leopoldo Buteler (1934–1961)
• Moisés Julio Blanchoud (1962–1984), appointed Archbishop of Salta
• Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana (1984–1992)
• Ramón Artemio Staffolani (1992–2006)
• Eduardo Eliseo Martín (2006–2014), appointed Archbishop of Rosario
• Adolfo Armando Uriona (2014-

Coadjutor bishop

• Ramón Artemio Staffolani (1990-1992)

Auxiliary bishop

• Moisés Julio Blanchoud (1960–1982), appointed Bishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Carlos José Tissera, appointed Bishop of San Francisco in 2004
• Victor Manuel Fernández, appointed titular Archbishop in 2013
• Hugo Ricardo Araya, appointed Bishop of Cruz del Eje in 2017

References

1. "Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
2. "Diocese of Río Cuarto". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.