CORRIENTES, DIOCESE OF. — City in the Argentine Republic, capital of the province of the same name. It lies 37 km south of the confluence of the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers. It was founded on 3 April 1588 by F. Vera y Aragón, who named it S. Juan de Vera de las Siete Corrientes.
The diocese was erected by Pius X on 3 February 1910; it covers an area of 119,333 sq km and has a population of 800,000, of whom 650,000 are Catholics. It has 39 parishes, with 217 churches, served by 91 diocesan priests and 42 religious priests; it has a seminary (1948). The church, now the Cathedral, dedicated to the Invention of the Most Holy Cross, had been built with offerings from the population; other noteworthy churches are those of N. S. della Mercede, S. Francesco, and S. Croce. There is a flourishing Italian community in the diocese.