Roman Catholic Diocese of Oberá

Diocese of Oberá Dioecesis Oberensis Diócesis de Oberá
Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Corrientes
Metropolitan	Corrientes
Statistics
Area	78,074 km^2 (30,145 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 275,100 203,800 (74.1%)
Parishes	17
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 June 2009 (15 years ago)
Cathedral	St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral in Oberá
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Damián Santiago Bitar
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrés Stanovnik

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oberá (Latin: Dioecesis Oberensis) is a Catholic diocese located in the city of Oberá in the ecclesiastical province of Corrientes in Argentina.

History

On 13 June 2009, Pope Benedict XVI established the Diocese of Oberá from the Diocese of Posadas and the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú.^[1][2]

Ordinaries

• Victor Selvino Arenhart † (13 June 2009 – 17 May 2010) Died
• Damián Santiago Bitar (26 October 2010 – Present)

References

1. "Diocese of Oberá". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
2. "Diocese of Oberá". Gcatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.