Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja

Diocese of La Rioja
Dioecesis Rioiensis
Diócesis de La Rioja

Cathedral Basilica of St. Nicholas of Bari
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical province San Juan de Cuyo
Metropolitan San Juan de Cuyo
Statistics
Area 92,100 km2 (35,600 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
305,000
265,350 (87%)
Parishes 28
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 20 April 1934 (81 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St Nicholas in La Rioja
Patron saint Saint Nicholas
St Francis Solanus
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Daniel Marcelo Colombo
Metropolitan Archbishop Alfonso Delgado Evers
Emeritus Bishops Roberto Rodríguez

The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja (Latin: Dioecesis Rioiensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo.

On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja (La Rioja, Argentina), presented by Bishop Roberto Rodríguez, in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law. Pope Francis appointed as the next Bishop of the same Diocese, Bishop Daniel Marcelo Colombo, until now serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran. Bishop Daniel Marcelo Colombo was born in the national capital and largest city, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 27, 1961, after earning a bachelor's degree of mercantile appraiser and the title of lawyer at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1982 he entered the seminary of Quilmes. Ordained a priest on 16 December 1988, in 1994 he obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Angelicum, in Rome. He has held various positions in different parishes, in the Curia and the Seminary of Quilmes and was professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Catholic University Argentina and Episcopal Delegate at the Catholic University of La Plata. In 2004 he was appointed parish priest of the Cathedral of Quilmes.

Appointed Bishop of Oran on May 8, 2008, was consecrated on 8 August following.[1]

History

On 20 April 1934 Pope Pius XI founded the Diocese of La Rioja from territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán.[2]

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