Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraná

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraná (Latin: Archidioecesis Paranensis) is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Concordia and Gualeguaychú.

Archdiocese of Paraná Archidioecesis Paranensis Arquidiócesis de Paraná
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Paraná
Statistics
Area	30,348 km^2 (11,717 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 502,500 452,250 (90%)
Parishes	49
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 June 1859 (161 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Paraná
Patron saint	Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Juan Alberto Puiggari
Bishops emeritus	Estanislao Esteban Karlic Mario Luis Bautista Maulión
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

History

On 13 June 1859, Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Paraná from the Diocese of Buenos Aires. It lost territory to the Diocese of Santa Fe when it was created in 1897 and the Diocese of Corrientes in 1910. The Diocese of Paraná was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on 20 April 1934. It lost territory two more times when the dioceses of Gualeguaychú (1957) and Concordia (1961) were created.[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Luis José Gabriel Segura y Cubas (1859–1862)
• José María Gelabert y Crespo (1865–1897)
• Rudesindo de la Lastra y Gordillo (1898–1908)
• Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos (1910–1926)
• Julián Pedro Martínez (1927–1934)
• Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland (1934–1962)
• Adolfo Servando Tortolo (1962–1986)
• Estanislao Esteban Karlic (1986–2003); elevated to Cardinal in 2007
• Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (2003–2010)
• Juan Alberto Puiggari (2010–present)

Coadjutor archbishop

• Estanislao Esteban Karlic (1983-1986); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

• Nicolás de Carlo (1918-1936), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe
• Adolfo Servando Tortolo (1956-1960), appointed Archbishop here
• Fortunato Antonio Rossi (1961-1963), appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto
• José María Mestres (1974-1987)
• Juan Alberto Puiggari (1998-2003), appointed Archbishop here
• César Daniel Fernández (2007-2012), appointed Bishop of Jujuy

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Ramón Alfredo Dus, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Reconquista in 2005

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1897		Diocese of Santa Fe
1910		Diocese of Corrientes
1957		Diocese of Gualeguaychú
1961		Diocese of Concordia

External links and references

1. "Archdiocese of Paraná". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-03-26. ^{[self-published]}
2. "Archdiocese of Paraná". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-03-26. ^{[self-published]}