Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corrientes

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corrientes (erected 21 January 1910, as the Diocese of Corrientes) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese and its suffragan sees include Goya, Oberá, Posadas, Puerto Iguazú and Santo Tomé. It was elevated on 10 April 1961.

Archdiocese of Corrientes Archdioecesis Corrientensis Arquidiócesis de Corrientes
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Corrientes
Statistics
Area	26,218 km^2 (10,123 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 880,649 946,936 (93%)
Parishes	49
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	21 January 1910 (111 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Corrientes
Patron saint	Our Lady of Itatí
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrés Stanovnik, OFM Cap
Auxiliary Bishops	José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M., elect
Bishops emeritus	Domingo Salvador Castagna

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Luis María Niella (1911–1933)
• Francisco Vicentín (1934–1972)
• Jorge Manuel López (1972–1983), appointed Archbishop of Rosario
• Fortunato Antonio Rossi (1983–1994)
• Domingo Salvador Castagna (1994–2007)
• Andres Stanovnick, O.F.M. Cap. (2007–present)

Auxiliary bishops

• Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti (1929-1934), appointed Bishop of San Luis
• José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.(2020-, elect

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Jorge Ramón Chalup, appointed Bishop of Gualeguaychú in 1957

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1957		Diocese of Posadas
1961		Diocese of Goya
1979		Diocese of Santo Tomé

References

External links

• "Archdiocese of Corrientes". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-18.^{[self-published]}