Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel (Argentina)

Diocese of San Miguel in Argentina Dioecesis Sancti Michaëlis in Argentina Diócesis de San Miguel
Cathedral of St Michael
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Buenos Aires
Metropolitan	Buenos Aires
Statistics
Area	206 km^2 (80 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 986,000 852,000 (86.4%)
Parishes	27
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 July 1978 (46 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Michael the Archangel in San Miguel
Patron saint	St Michael the Archangel Our Lady of Luján
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Damián Nannini
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mario Aurelio Poli
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel is a suffragan diocese of the Buenos Aires. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 11 July 1978.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (1978–1983), appointed Archbishop of Tucumán
• José Manuel Lorenzo (1983–1994)
• Abelardo Francisco Silva (1994–2000)
• José Luis Mollaghan (2000–2005), appointed Archbishop of Rosario
• Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (2006–2018), appointed Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
• Damián Nannini (2018–present)[1]

Coadjutor bishop

• Abelardo Francisco Silva (1994)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Nicolás Baisi, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata in 2010

References

1. "Resignations and Appointments, 07.11.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

• Catholic Hierarchy^[self-published source]