Diocese of Concepción, Argentina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.

Diocese of Concepción Dioecesis Sanctissimae Concepionis in Argentina Diócesis de Concepción
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Tucumán
Metropolitan	Tucumán
Statistics
Area	11,600 km2 (4,500 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 320,000 291,600 (91.1%)
Parishes	19
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 August 1963 (62 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Concepción, Tucumán
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception St John the Baptist
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	José Antonio Díaz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Alberto Sánchez
Bishops emeritus	Armando José María Rossi, O.P.

History

On 12 August 1963 Saint John XXIII founded the Diocese of Concepción from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Tucumán.^[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Juan Carlos Ferro (1963–1980)
• Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. (1980–1991), appointed Bishop of San Justo
• Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. (1992–2001)
• Armando José María Rossi, O.P. (2001–2020)
• José Melitón Chávez (2020–2021)
• José Antonio Díaz (2021–present)

Coadjutor bishops

• Armando José María Rossi, O.P. (2000–2001)
• José Melitón Chávez (2019–2020)