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Diocese of Concepción

Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Argentina



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 August 1963
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tucumán
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Argentina
  • Square Kilometers: 10,000 (3,862 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Espana 1525, T4146CCG Concepcion [Tucuman], Argentina
  • Telephone: (03865)421.376

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 August 1963ErectedArchdiocese of Tucumán (Chicligasta, Graneros, Leales, Monteros, and Rio Chico) Diocese of Concepción (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196510,000300,0003.3%20205003813ap1967
1970280,000.0%222203516ap1971
1976275,500290,00095.0%202013,7753817ap1977
1980288,700303,80095.0%171716,9823617ap1981
1990334,000351,00095.2%2232513,36032419ap1991
1999285,000300,00095.0%32328,90633020ap2000
2000270,000300,00090.0%254299,310573018ap2001
2001270,000300,00090.0%294338,181173719ap2002
2002210,000300,00070.0%303336,3631144019ap2003
2003210,000300,00070.0%312336,3631334019ap2004
2004220,500315,00070.0%323356,3001333520ap2005
2006291,600320,00091.1%342368,1001323319ap2007
2013305,400343,00089.0%2913010,1801412922ap2014
2016301,000411,00073.2%292910,379133022ap2017
2019310,400423,80073.2%272711,496123122ap2020
2021316,290432,00073.2%272711,714122922ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 56, Page 509, and Page 510

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