Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Bahia Blanca, Diocese of

BAHIA BLANCA, DIOCESI DI

By Giovanni Meseguer

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BAHIA BLANCA, DIOCESE OF. - In Argentina, province of Buenos Aires. Erected on 20 April 1934 with 34 parishes: 32 in the civil province of Buenos Aires and 2 for the 11 districts of the southern part of the governorate of La Pampa; suffragan of La Plata. It has an area of 167,066 sq. km., with 530,000 inhabitants, of whom 500,000 are Catholics. At present 46 parishes, 42 diocesan priests and 45 religious are numbered (1948).

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BIBL.: AAS, 26 (1934), p. 558; 27 (1935), pp. 237-63; Anuario Cattólico Argentino 1935, Buenos Aires 1935, pp. 440-441; ibid. 1939, ivi 1939, pp. 390-97.

Giovanni Meseguer

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 694.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Bahia Blanca, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 694. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bahia-blanca-diocesi-di.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Bahia Blanca, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 694. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bahia-blanca-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec2_bahia_blanca_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Meseguer, Giovanni},
  title     = {Bahia Blanca, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {694},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bahia-blanca-diocesi-di}
}

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