Roman Catholic Diocese of Zárate-Campana
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zárate-Campana (Latin: Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, in central Argentina on the Atlantic coast, having had a change of metropolitan from La Plata in 2019.
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Diocese of Zárate-Campana Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis Diócesis de Zárate-Campana | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Mercedes-Luján |
Metropolitan | Mercedes-Luján |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,903 km2 (2,279 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 900,000 636,000 (90.9%) |
Parishes | 38 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 21 April 1976 (48 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Florentina in Campana |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord in Belén de Escobar |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Luján Saint Joseph |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pedro Maria Laxague |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Eduardo Scheinig |
Bishops emeritus | Rafael Eleuterio Rey, Oscar Sarlinga |
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Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa Florentina, dedicated to Saint Florentina, in Campana, and it also has a co-cathedral: Cocatedral Natividad del Señor, dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lord, in Belén de Escobar, also in Buenos Aires Province.