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Diocese of Santo Tomé

Dioecesis Sancti Thomae in Argentina



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 July 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Corrientes
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Argentina
  • Square Kilometers: 29,011 (11,205 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Av. Bartolome Mitre 930, W3340AMT Santo Tome [Corrientes], Argentina
  • Telephone: (03756)420.240
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 July 1979ErectedArchdiocese of Corrientes (Ituzaingó, Santo Tomé, and General Alvear)
Diocese of Goya (San Martín and Paso de los Libres)
Diocese of Santo Tomé (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980131,000146,56589.4%641013,100654ap1981
1990114,800118,00097.3%141157,65312310ap1991
1999127,000135,00094.1%17177,4701910ap2000
2000123,300132,00093.4%13139,4841910ap2001
2001123,520132,22093.4%17177,2651910ap2002
2002143,552159,50290.0%18187,9752410ap2003
2003138,429153,80990.0%17178,1422810ap2004
2004140,499156,10990.0%19197,3943311ap2005
2010150,000165,00090.9%21217,1421913ap2011
2014166,220184,68990.0%18189,2341613ap2015
2017188,743209,71490.0%19199,93311513ap2018
2020192,039213,37790.0%171711,29621412ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 969, to Page 971

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