Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma

Diocese of Viedma Dioecesis Viedmensis Diócesis de Viedma
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Bahía Blanca
Metropolitan	Bahía Blanca
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 157,000 115,000 (73.2%)
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	20 April 1934 (90 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our lady of Mercy in Viedma, Río Negro
Patron saint	Mary Help of Christians
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Esteban María Laxague
Metropolitan Archbishop	Guillermo José Garlatti
Emeritus Bishops	Miguel Esteban Hesayne

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma (Dioecesis Viedmensis) is encompassed in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bahía Blanca. As of 2006 the Bishop was Monsignor Esteban María Laxague, Salesian of Don Bosco appointed by Pope John Paul II on October 31, 2002. The Diocese was erected on April 20, 1934. It is suffragant to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca. His predecessor was HVRE Marcelo Angiolo Melani, Bishop from June 28, 1995 until 2002, when Laxague took over. The Bishop Emeritus is HVRE Miguel Esteban Hesayne, appointed Bishop by Pope Paul VI on April 5, 1975 and in office until his 80th birthday on June 28, 1995, when he resigned as ruled by The Pope. Located in the Rio Negro Province, Argentina, has its see in the City of Viedma, by the shores of Río Negro River and close to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It encompasses a surface of about 89,000 square kilometers (34,000 sq mi).

Ordinaries

• Nicolás Esandi, S.D.B. † (13 September 1934 - 29 August 1948) Died
• José Borgatti, S.D.B. † (28 August 1953 - 26 October 1973) Died
• Miguel Esteban Hesayne (5 April 1975 - 28 June 1995) Resigned
• Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. (28 June 1995 - 9 January 2002) Appointed, Bishop of Neuquén
• Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B. (31 October 2002 - Present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Argentina

External links

• Diocese of Viedma