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Diocese of Goya

Dioecesis Goyanensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Adolfo Ramón Canecín, Bishop
  • Ricardo Oscar Faifer, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 April 1961
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Corrientes
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Argentina
  • Square Kilometers: 33,603 (12,979 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Mariano I. Loza 592, W3450BXL Goya [Corrientes], Argentina
  • Telephone: (03777)422-314
  • Fax: 421-578

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 April 1961ErectedDiocese of Corrientes (Goya, Curuzú Cuatiá, Mercedes, Esquina, Lavalle, Sauce, Monte Caseros, Paso de los Libres, and San Martín) Diocese of Goya (erected)
3 July 1979Territory LostArchdiocese of Corrientes (Ituzaingó, Santo Tomé, and General Alvear)
Diocese of Goya (San Martín and Paso de los Libres)
Diocese of Santo Tomé (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1965280,000281,00099.6%2210328,750116815ap1967
1970260,000300,00086.7%2413377,027189519ap1971
1976220,000240,80091.4%2714415,365159519ap1977
1980187,623204,47191.8%2011316,052138419ap1981
1990252,000265,00095.1%2710376,810103518ap1991
1999254,000268,00094.8%2911406,350135723ap2000
2000212,898236,32290.1%3011415,192114915ap2001
2001212,898236,32290.1%2911405,322135415ap2002
2002212,898236,32290.1%2711385,602145315ap2003
2003212,898236,32290.1%2911405,322125315ap2004
2004212,898236,32290.1%2911405,322125315ap2005
2006244,000270,00090.4%328406,100695415ap2007
2011283,000307,50092.0%3612485,89513133825ap2014
2016281,000305,30092.0%3212446,38620133824ap2017
2019258,000279,94192.2%309396,61523102323ap2020
2021262,900285,25092.2%249337,96623102323ap2022

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 53, Page 659, to Page 657

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