Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa, Argentina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosa 'Dioecesis Formosae' (erected 11 February 1957) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Resistencia.

Diocese of Formosa Dioecesis Formosae Diócesis de Formosa
Cathedral of Formosa
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Resistencia
Metropolitan	Resistencia
Statistics
Area	72,066 km2 (27,825 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 566,000 480,000 (84.8%)
Parishes	27
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Formosa
Patron saint	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Vicente Conejero Gallego
Metropolitan Archbishop	Fabriciano Sigampa

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Raúl Marcelo Pacífico Scozzina, O.F.M. (1957–1978)
• Dante Carlos Sandrelli (1978–1998)
• José Vicente Conejero Gallego (1998– )

Coadjutor bishop

• José Vicente Conejero Gallego (1996–1998)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Adolfo Ramón Canecín, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Goya in 2014

External links and references

• "Diocese of Formosa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-19.^{[self-published]}