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338:(municipalities) of Adolfo Alsina, Adolfo González Chávez, Bahía Blanca, Coronel Dorrego, Coronel de Marina Leonardo Rosales, Coronel Pringles, Coronel Suárez, Daireaux, Guaminí, Monte Hermoso, Patagones, Puán, Saavedra, San Cayetano, Tornquist, Tres Arroyos and Villarino.
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As per 2015, the
Archdiocese pastorally served 661,096 Catholics (83.3% of 793,517 total) on 82,624 km² in 55 parishes and 236 missions with 71 priests (45 diocesan, 26 religious), 27 deacons, 211 lay religious (44 brothers, 167 sisters) and 15 seminarians.
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Auxiliary Bishop: José Vittorio Tommasí (1984.11.19 – 1991.08.28), Titular Bishop of
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Roman
Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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541:(31 May 1972 – retired 31 May 1991) died 2010: previously Bishop of
604:: Néstor Hugo Navarro (1998.04.15 – 2003.03.19), Titular Bishop of
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563:(Argentina) (1982.06.08 – 1989.05.10), (see) restyled Bishop of
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567:(1989.05.10 – 1997.11.21), (see) promoted first Archbishop of
428:. Its first bishop was Leandro Bautista Astelarra (1934–1943).
314:, is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy. Since 12 July 2017
559:(1979.10.01 – 1982.06.08), later 'last' Suffragan Bishop of
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721:(1998-2003), appointed Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro
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sees encompassing all of the administrative
Provinces of
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Roman
Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Bahía Blanca
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of Bahía Blanca (2015.11.03 – succession 2017.07.12).
620:(11 March 2003 – retired 12 July 2017); previously
756:GCathholic with Google map - data for all sections
363:Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro
642:: Pedro María Laxague (2006.11.14 – 2015.11.03),
632:(Argentina) (1994.08.27 – 1997.02.20), Bishop of
628:(1994.08.27 – 1997.02.20) as Auxiliary Bishop of
594:(1975.08.09 – 1976.01.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of
516:of La Plata (Argentina) (1943.08.23 – 1946.11.02)
383:Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche
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663:(O.P.) (12 July 2017 – ...), previously Master (
291:in the eastern region of the national capital's
715:(1984-1991), appointed Bishop of Nueve de Julio
551:: Emilio Ogñénovich (1979.10.01 – 1982.06.08),
388:Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa, Argentina
727:(2006-2015) appointed Bishop of Zárate-Campana
671:(O.P., Dominicans) (2001.07.14 – 2010.09.05),
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571:(1997.11.21 – retired 2000.03.07), died 2012
435:/ Sinus Albi (Latin) on 11 February 1957 by
368:Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia
815:Christian organizations established in 1934
677:Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
582:(Argentina) (1991.08.28 – death 1998.09.16)
578:(1984.11.19 – 1991.08.28); later Bishop of
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650:(2006.11.14 – 2015.11.03); next Bishop of
608:(1998.04.15 – 2003.03.19); next Bishop of
494:(13 September 1934 – death 24 August 1943)
273:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca
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306:Its cathedral archiepiscopal see and
805:Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
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424:, on territory split off from the
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777:(Argentine Catholic News Agency).
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346:The Metropolitan Archdiocese has
27:Catholic ecclesiastical territory
394:Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma
373:Roman Catholic Diocese of Rawson
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500:(2 November 1946 – 31 May 1972
400:Territorial Prelature of Esquel
744:Roman Catholicism in Argentina
659:Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa,
654:(Argentina) (2015.11.03 – ...)
64:Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy
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782:"Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca"
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48:Arquidiócesis de Bahía Blanca
694:Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa
185:20 April 1934 (90 years ago)
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764:Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca
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422:Nobilis Argentinae nationis
194:Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral
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281:Metropolitan archdiocese
630:Archdiocese of La Plata
618:Guillermo José Garlatti
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285:Roman Catholic Church
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681:Coadjutor Archbishop
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233:Carlos Azpiroz Costa
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719:Néstor Hugo Navarro
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790:. David M. Cheney.
769:2016-03-04 at the
696:, O.P. (2015-2017)
669:Order of Preachers
412:It was erected as
214:Current leadership
731:Jorge Luis Wagner
707:Emilio Ogñénovich
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539:Jorge Mayer
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182:Established
142:Information
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626:Aquæ regiæ
543:Santa Rosa
473:Roman Rite
320:Archbishop
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118:Population
105:Statistics
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576:Equizetum
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502:see below
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348:suffragan
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190:Cathedral
159:Sui iuris
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767:Archived
738:See also
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