Roman Catholic Diocese of Mar del Plata

Diocese of Mar del Plata Dioecesis Maris Platensis Diócesis de Mar del Plata
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	La Plata
Metropolitan	La Plata
Statistics
Area	22,895 km2 (8,840 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 827,732 662,186 (80%)
Parishes	26
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St Peter and St Cecilia in Mar del Plata
Patron saint	Saint Cecilia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gabriel Antonio Mestre
Metropolitan Archbishop	Héctor Rubén Aguer
Auxiliary Bishops	Dario Rubén Quintana, O.A.R.
Bishops emeritus	Antonio Marino
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mar del Plata (Latin: Dioecesis Maris Platensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of La Plata.

History

On 11 February 1957, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Mar del Plata from the Diocese of Bahía Blanca and the Archdiocese of La Plata. Territory was taken from the diocese in 1980 to form the Diocese of Chascomús.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Enrique Rau (1957–1971)
• Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1972–1975), appointed titular Archbishop and Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes (Cardinal in 1976)
• Rómulo García (1976–1991), appointed Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
• José María Arancedo (1991–2003), appointed Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
• Juan Alberto Puiggari (2003–2010), appointed Archbishop of Paraná
• Antonio Marino (2011-2017)
• Gabriel Antonio Mestre (2017-)

Auxiliary bishops

• Rómulo García (1975–1976), appointed Bishop here
• Dario Rubén Quintana, O.A.R. (2019-)

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1980	Archdiocese of La Plata	Diocese of Chascomús