Diocese of Santiago del Estero Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero Diócesis de Santiago del Estero | |
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 Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tucumán |
| Metropolitan | Tucumán |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 81,969 km2 (31,648 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 686,000 605,000 (88.2%) |
| Parishes | 44 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 25 March 1907 (117 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Patron saint | St James the Greater Our Lady of Consolation Sumampa |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Vicente Bokalic Iglic |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio, in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, by Pope Francis, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015; he will assist and eventually succeed the diocesan Bishop there when he retires or dies)[1][2] Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola |
| Bishops emeritus | Francisco Polti Santillán |
| Website | |
| www.obispadosgo.org.ar | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Tucumán.
On 10 April 1961 Pope John XXIII founded the Diocese of Santiago del Estero from territory taken from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Diocese of Añatuya when that diocese was created in 1961.[3][4]