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Diocese of Neuquén, Argentina 🇦🇷

Celebrations

History

  • 1961.04.10: Established as Diocese of Neuquén / Neuquenian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Viedma and became suffragan of Mendoza)

Contact Info

Address: Av. Argentina 110, Q8300AYO, Neuquén, Argentina

Phone: (0299) 4422866

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Neuquén (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fernando Martín Croxatto (68)Bishop Fernando Martín Croxatto (68)
(2017.08.03 – ...)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina)

Por Cristo, con él y en él

Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (82)Bishop Virginio Domingo Bressanelli, S.C.I. (82)
(2011.11.08 – 2017.08.03)

Bishop emeritus of Neuquén (Argentina)

Aquí estoy, oh dios, para hacer tu voluntad

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B.
(2002.01.09 – 2011.11.08)

No para ser servido, sino para servir

Born:1938.09.15 (Firenze, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1970.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:1993.09.18
Died:2021.04.14 (Pucallpa, Peru † 82)

Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma (Argentina) (1993.07.22 – 1995.06.28)

Bishop of Viedma (Argentina) (1995.06.28 – 2002.01.09)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (2002.01.09 – 2011.11.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Viedma (Argentina) (2002.04.06 – 2002.04.30)

Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1991.05.14 – 2001.04.24)

Hemos creido en el amor

Bishop Jaime Francisco de Nevares, S.D.B.
(1961.06.12 – 1991.05.14)

El amor de Cristo nos apura

Born:1915.01.29 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:1951.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:1961.08.20
Died:1995.05.19 († 80)

Bishop of Neuquén (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1991.05.14)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 94,078 km²

Population: 489,300 Catholics (72.8% of 672,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 53 parishes, 225 missions

Personnel: 54 priests (33 diocesan, 21 religious), 25 deacons, 102 religious (24 brothers, 78 sisters), 4 seminarians