Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is located in the town of San Roque in the city of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, usually referred to as simply Sáenz Peña, in the province of Chaco, Argentina.

Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña Dioecesis Sancti Rochi Diócesis de San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Cathedral of Saint Roch
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Resistencia
Metropolitan	Resistencia
Statistics
Area	71,303 km2 (27,530 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 511,000 436,000 (85.3%)
Parishes	24
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 August 1963 (62 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Roch in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Patron saint	Saint Roch Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Hugo Nicolás Barbaro
Metropolitan Archbishop	Fabriciano Sigampa
Auxiliary Bishops	Gustavo Alejandro Montini
Bishops emeritus	José Lorenzo Sartori
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

On 12 August 1963, Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña from the Diocese of Resistencia. Its name was changed to the Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña on 28 February 1992 by Blessed John Paul II.^[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1963–1980), Appointed Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
• Abelardo Francisco Silva (1981–1994), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Miguel
• José Lorenzo Sartori (1994–2008)
• Hugo Nicolás Barbaro (since 2008)

Auxiliary bishop

• Gustavo Alejandro Montini (2014-2016), appointed Bishop of Santo Tomé

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Dante Carlos Sandrelli, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Formosa
• Fernando Martín Croxatto, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia