Diocese of San Rafael

Diocese of San Rafael

Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis

Diócesis de San Rafael
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceMendoza
MetropolitanMendoza
Statistics
Area87,286 km2 (33,701 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 230,000
  • 195,500 (85%)
Parishes28
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 April 1961 (65 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Raphael the Archangel in San Rafael
Patron saintSt Raphael the Archangel
Our Lady of Lourdes
Saint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopSede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopMarcelo Daniel Colombo
Apostolic AdministratorMarcelo Fabián Mazzitelli
Bishops emeritusCarlos María Domínguez, O.A.R.
Eduardo Maria Taussig
The Cathedral of San Rafael in the night.
The Cathedral of San Rafael in the night.

The Diocese of San Rafael (Latin: Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in San Rafael, Argentina. It came into existence on 10 April 1961.

Bishops

Past and present ordinaries

  • Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1961–1965), appointed Archbishop of Córdoba
  • Jorge Carlos Carreras (1965–1969) appointed Bishop of San Justo
  • Oscar Félix Villena (1970–1972), resigned
    • Apostolic Administrator Olimpio Maresma (1972–1973)
  • León Kruk (1973–1991)
  • Jesús Arturo Roldán (1991–1996)
    • Apostolic Administrator Cándido Rubiolo (1996–1997)
  • Guillermo José Garlatti (1997–2003), appointed Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
  • Eduardo Maria Taussig (2004–2022), resigned
    • Apostolic Administrator Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. (2022–2023, see below)
  • Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. (2023–2025), resigned
    • Apostolic Administrator Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli (2025–Present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis in 2009

References