Diocese of Puerto Iguazú Dioecesis Portus Iguassuensis Diócesis de Posadas | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Corrientes |
| Metropolitan | Corrientes |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 16 June 1986 (39 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel inPuerto Iguazú |
| Patron saint | St Roque González de Santa Cruz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Nicolás Baisi |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrés Stanovnik, OFM Cap |
| Bishops emeritus | Marcelo Raúl Martorell |
TheRoman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Iguazú (Latin:Dioecesis Portus Iguassuensis) is in the frontier city ofPuerto Iguazú, in the province ofMisiones inArgentina.
On 16 June 1986,Blessed John Paul II established the Diocese of Puerto Iguazú from theDiocese of Posadas. It lost territory in 2009 when theDiocese of Oberá was established.[1][2]
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