Diocese of Río Gallegos

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos is located in the city of Río Gallegos, which is the capital of the Patagonia region of Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Diocese of Río Gallegos Dioecesis Rivogallaecensis Diócesis de Río Gallegos
Cathedral of Our Lady of Luján
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Bahía Blanca
Metropolitan	Bahía Blanca
Coordinates	51.6228°S 69.2170°W / -51.6228; -69.2170
Statistics
Area	265,614 km2 (102,554 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 303,000 212,000 (70%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Lujan in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Ignacio Damián Medina
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa
Bishops emeritus	Juan Carlos Romanin, SDB

Size

The Diocese, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS), has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious.

History

It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Mauricio Eugenio Magliano [es], S.D.B.(1961–1974)
• Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B.(1975–1992)
• Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. (1992–2005)
• Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. (2005–2012)
• Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2013–2018), appointed Bishop of San Martín
• Jorge García Cuerva [es] (2019-2023)^[1]
• Ignacio Damián Medina (2023^[2] – present)

Auxiliary bishop

• Miguel Ángel D’Annibale (2011-2013), appointed Bishop here