Diocese of La Rioja ( Latin: Dioecesis Rioiensis , Spanish: Diócesis de La Rioja ) - Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church with its center in the city of La Rioja , Argentina . The Diocese of La Rioja is included in the Metropolitanate of San Juan de Cuillo . The cathedral of the diocese of La Rioja is the church of St. Nicholas.
| Diocese of La Rioja | |
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| Dioecesis ioiensis | |
 La Rioja Cathedral | |
| latin rite | |
| Main city | La Rioja |
| A country |  Argentina |
| Established | April 20, 1934 |
| Metropolis | Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo |
| Parishes | 28 |
| Diocese Square | 92.100 km² |
| Diocese population | 305,000 people |
| The number of Catholics | 265.350 people |
| Share of Catholics | 87.0% |
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History
On April 20, 1934, Pope Pius XI issued the bull “Nobilis Argentinae nationis” , which established the Diocese of La Rioja, isolating it from the Diocese of Cordoba (today - the Archdiocese of Cordoba ).
Ordinaries of the diocese
- Bishop Froilán Ferreira Reinafé (09/13/1934 - 02/22/1964);
- Bishop of Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila (02.22.1964 - 03.07.1968);
- Bishop Enrique A. Angelelli Carletti (07/03/1968 - 08/05/1976);
- Bishop of Bernardo Enrique Witte, OMI [1] (04/14/1977 - 07/08/1992), appointed bishop of Concepcion ;
- Bishop Fabriciano Sigampa (12/30/1992 - 11/17/2005), appointed Archbishop of Resistencia ;
- Bishop Roberto Rodriguez (May 24, 2006 - July 9, 2013);
- Bishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo (since July 9, 2013).
Notes
- ↑ see Abbreviations of Catholic Male Monastic Orders and Congregations
Sources
- Annuario Pontificio , Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Città del Vaticano, 2003, ISBN 88-209-7422-3
- Bulla Nobilis Argentinae nationis , AAS 27 (1935), p. 257 (lat.)