Diocese of San Rafael

The Diocese of San Rafael (Latin: Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in San Rafael, Argentina. It came into existence on 10 April 1961.

Diocese of San Rafael Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis Diócesis de San Rafael
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Mendoza
Metropolitan	Mendoza
Statistics
Area	87,286 km2 (33,701 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 230,000 195,500 (85%)
Parishes	28
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Raphael the Archangel in San Rafael
Patron saint	St Raphael the Archangel Our Lady of Lourdes Saint Joseph
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Carlos María Domínguez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Marcelo Daniel Colombo
Bishops emeritus	Eduardo Maria Taussig

The Cathedral of San Rafael in the night.

Bishops

Past and present ordinaries

• Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1961–1965), appointed Archbishop of Córdoba (Cardinal in 1973)
• Jorge Carlos Carreras (1965–1969) appointed Bishop of San Justo
• Oscar Félix Villena (1970–1972)
• León Kruk (1973–1991)
• Jesús Arturo Roldán (1991–1996)
• Guillermo José Garlatti (1997–2003), appointed Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
• Eduardo Maria Taussig (2004–2022)
• Carlos María Domínguez (2023–2025)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis in 2009