Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Iguazú

Diocese of Puerto Iguazú

*Dioecesis Portus Iguassuensis*

Diócesis de Posadas
Diocese of Puerto Iguazú; Dioecesis Portus Iguassuensis; Diócesis de Posadas
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Corrientes
Metropolitan	Corrientes
Statistics
Area	17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 300,000; 210,000 (70%)
Parishes	25
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 June 1986 (38 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Puerto Iguazú
Patron saint	St Roque González de Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Nicolás Baisi
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrés Stanovnik, OFM Cap
Bishops emeritus	Marcelo Raúl Martorell

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Iguazú (Latin: Dioecesis Portus Iguassuensis) is in the frontier city of Puerto Iguazú, in the province of Misiones in Argentina.

History

On 16 June 1986, Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú from the Diocese of Posadas. It lost territory in 2009 when the Diocese of Oberá was established.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

Joaquín Piña Batllevell S.J. (1986–2006)
Marcelo Raúl Martorell (2006–2020)
Nicolás Baisi (2020- )

References

^ "Diocese of Puerto Iguazú". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
^ "Diocese of Puerto Iguazú". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

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[hierarchy-1] "Diocese of Puerto Iguazú". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

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