Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Tomé

Diocese of Santo Tomé

*Sancti Thomae in Argentina*

Diócesis de Santo Tomé
Diocese of Santo Tomé; Sancti Thomae in Argentina; Diócesis de Santo Tomé
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Corrientes
Metropolitan	Corrientes
Statistics
Area	29,011 km2 (11,201 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 165,000; 150,000 (90.9%)
Parishes	13
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	3 July 1979 (38 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Santo Tomé, Corrientes
Patron saint	St Thomas Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gustavo Alejandro Montini
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrés Stanovnik

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Tomé (Latin: Sancti Thomae in Argentina), is located in the city of Santo Tomé, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

History

On 3 July 1979, Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Santo Tomé from the Archdiocese of Corrientes and the Diocese of Goya.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

Carlos Esteban Cremata (1979–1985)
Alfonso Delgado Evers (1986–1994), appointed Bishop of Posadas
Francisco Polti Santillán (1994–2006), appointed Bishop of Santiago del Estero
Hugo Norberto Santiago (2006–2016), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos)
Gustavo Alejandro Montini (2016- )

References

^ "Diocese of Santo Tomé". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
^ "Diocese of Santo Tomé". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

[hierarchy-1] "Diocese of Santo Tomé". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

[gcatholic-2] "Diocese of Santo Tomé". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

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