Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa María

Diocese of Villa María Dioecesis Civitatis Mariae Diócesis de Villa María
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Córdoba
Metropolitan	Córdoba
Statistics
Area	28,000 km^2 (11,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 382,000 305,000 (79.8%)
Parishes	50
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Villa María
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Samuel Jofré Giraudo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos José Ñáñez
Bishops emeritus	José Ángel Rovai
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa María (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Mariae) is a Catholic diocese located in the city of Villa María in the ecclesiastical province of Córdoba in Argentina.

History

On 11 February 1957, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Villa María from the Archdiocese of Córdoba.^[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Alberto Deane C.P. (1957–1977)
• Cándido Genaro Rubiolo (1977–1979), appointed Archbishop of Mendoza
• Alfredo Guillermo Disandro (1980–1998)
• Roberto Rodríguez (1998–2006), appointed Bishop of La Rioja
• José Ángel Rovai (2006–2013)
• Samuel Jofré Giraudo (2013– )

Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Damián Santiago Bitar, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Justo in 2008

References

1. "Diocese of Villa María". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
2. "Diocese of Villa María". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.