Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco

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Diocese of San Francisco

Dioecesis Franciscopolitanus

Diócesis de San Francisco
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceCórdoba
MetropolitanCórdoba
Statistics
Area19,611 km2 (7,572 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
218,000
213,000 (97.7%)
Parishes30
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established10 April 1961 (63 years ago)
CathedralCathedral St Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, Córdoba
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSergio Osvaldo Buenanueva
Metropolitan ArchbishopCarlos José Ñáñez

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco (Latin: Dioecesis Franciscopolitanus) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.

History

On 10 April 1961, Blessed John XXIII established the Diocese of San Francisco from the Archdiocese of Córdoba.[1][2]

Ordinaries

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of San Francisco". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  2. ^ "Diocese of San Francisco". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Argentina". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


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