Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Viedma, Diocese of

VIEDMA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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VIEDMA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the province of Río Negro (Argentina).

It has an area of 691,679 sq km with a population of 220,000 inhabitants, of whom 190,000 are Catholics; it has 23 parishes served by 15 diocesan priests and 82 regulars; it has 19 male religious communities and 15 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 423). It is a suffragan of La Plata.

The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Nobilis Argentinae Nationis, of 20 April 1934, and embraces the territories of Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego separated from the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

The church dedicated to Mary Help of Christians was elevated to the rank and dignity of cathedral.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 27 (1935), p. 260 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 1391.

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Josi, Enrico. “Viedma, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1391. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/viedma-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Viedma, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1391. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/viedma-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Viedma, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {1391},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/viedma-diocesi-di}
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