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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Rosario
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rosario () is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern part of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, with its mother church, the Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, located in the city of Rosario. The Archbishop since 22 December 2005 is José Luis Mollaghan and the Auxiliary Bishop was Sergio Fenoy, until he was appointed Bishop of San Miguel the 5 December 2006. The former archbishop Eduardo Mirás served as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese between 22 December 2005 and 18 March 2006, the date that Msgr. Mollaghan was installed. The Archdiocese has an area of 13,500 km2 and a population of around 1,700,000, with 121 parishes. Its ecclesiastical province includes the departments of Belgrano, General López, Iriondo, Rosario and San Lorenzo, plus almost the whole departments of Caseros and Constitución. It has two suffragan bishops, corresponding to the dioceses of San Nicol� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.Gerald O'Collins, O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites#Churches, ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and Eparchy, eparchies List of Catholic dioceses (structured view), around the world, each overseen by one or more Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the Papal supremacy, chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Mollaghan
José Luis Mollaghan (2 May 1946 – 7 June 2025) was an Argentinian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. From 2014 he was an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He had previously held positions in Argentina, including Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires and Archbishop of Rosario. Biography Mollaghan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After the seminary he studied philosophy and theology at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. In 1967 he obtained his licentiate in theology and a degree in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. There he was ordained a priest by Bishop Jacques-Paul Martin on 19 March 1971. He then fulfilled pastoral assignments in Buenos Aires for several years and in 1975 began teaching law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. On 22 July 1993, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires with the titular see of Theuzi. He was consecrated a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitución Department, Santa Fe
The Constitución Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Constitución'') is an administrative subdivision ('' departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located on the south of the province. It has about 83,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of Villa Constitución (population 43,000). Its neighbouring departments are Rosario, San Lorenzo and Caseros in the north, and General López in the west; to the south its natural border is the Arroyo del Medio, which also marks the interprovincial limit with Buenos Aires; to the east it faces the Paraná River, across which is the province of Entre Ríos. The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Alcorta, Bombal, Cañada Rica, Cepeda, Empalme Villa Constitución, General Gelly, Godoy, Juan Bernabé Molina, Juncal, La Vanguardia, Máximo Paz, Pavón, Pavón Arriba, Peyrano, Rueda, Santa Teresa, Sargento Cabral, Theobald Theobald is a Germanic dithematic n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caseros Department
The Caseros Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Caseros'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. Its head town is the city of Casilda (population 32,000). Its neighbouring departments are Belgrano and Iriondo in the north, San Lorenzo in the west, and Constitución and General López in the south; to the west its border marks the interprovincial limit with Córdoba. The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Arequito, Arteaga, Berabevú, Bigand, Casilda, Chabás, Chañar Ladeado ''Geoffroea decorticans'', the chañar, kumbaru, or Chilean palo verde (green wood), is a small deciduous tree, up to 8 meters (25 ft) tall that inhabits most arid forests (montes or espinales) of southern South America. The chañar is cold ..., Gödeken, Los Molinos, Los Quirquinchos, San José de La Esquina, Sanford, Villada. References Government of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lorenzo Department
The San Lorenzo Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento San Lorenzo'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the populous Rosario Department and the Paraná River in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of Constitución (south), Caseros (east), Iriondo (east and north) and San Jerónimo (north). The department has an area of 1,867 km2 and a population of over 140,000 inhabitants. Its head town and most populated urban center is San Lorenzo (population 43,000). Other cities and towns are Aldao, Capitán Bermúdez, Carcarañá, Coronel Arnold, Fray Luis Beltrán, Fuentes, Luis Palacios, Puerto General San Martín, Pujato, Ricardone, Roldán, San Jerónimo Sud, Timbúes, and Villa Mugueta. The San Lorenzo Department includes important ports on the Paraná River, such as the city of San Lorenzo itself and Puerto General San Martín (whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Department
The Rosario Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Rosario'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the . It is located on the south of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River. It has an area of and a population of 1.3 million, with a population density of about 700 inhabitants/km2. This department is the most populated in the province (comprising more than one third of the total population). The department's head town is the city of Rosario; most of the population is concentrated in its metropolitan area (Greater Rosario), which reaches north into the neighboring San Lorenzo Department. Other important cities and towns are Ibarlucea, Granadero Baigorria, Funes, Pérez, Piñero, Zavalla, Pueblo Nuevo, Villa Diego, Álvarez, Villa Amelia, Acebal, Uranga, Arroyo Seco, Fighiera, and Coronel Bogado. Limiting the Rosario Department to the south is the Constitución Department (whose head town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iriondo Department
The Iriondo Department (in Spanish language, Spanish, ''Departamento Iriondo'') is an administrative subdivision (''Departments of Argentina, departamento'') of the . It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the departments of San Jerónimo Department, San Jerónimo in the north, San Lorenzo Department, San Lorenzo in the east, Caseros Department, Caseros in the south, and Belgrano Department, Santa Fe, Belgrano in the west. It is one of only three departments in Santa Fe that do not border another province. The department has a population of over 65,000 inhabitants. Its head town and most populated urban center is Cañada de Gómez (population 30,000). Other cities and towns are Bustinza, Argentina, Bustinza, Carrizales, Argentina, Carrizales, Classon, Argentina, Classon, Correa, Argentina, Correa, Lucio V. López, Oliveros, Santa Fe, Oliveros, Pueblo Andino, Salto Grande, Argentina, Salto Grande, Serodino, Totoras, and Villa Eloísa. References Inforama - Mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General López Department
The General López Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento General López'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province. Its head town is Melincué (population 2,200), and its largest city is Venado Tuerto (population 70,000). It is bordered by the Caseros Department in the north, and by the Constitución Department in the north-east; the rest of its borders coincide with interprovincial limits (with Córdoba in the west and with Buenos Aires in the south and east). The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Aarón Castellanos, Amenábar, Cafferata, Cañada del Ucle, Carmen, Carreras, Chapuy, Chovet, Christophersen, Diego de Alvear, Elortondo, Firmat, Hughes, La Chispa, Labordeboy, Lazzarino, Maggiolo, María Teresa, Melincué, Miguel Torres, Murphy, Rufino, San Eduardo, San Francisco de Santa Fe, San Gregorio, Sancti Spiritu, Santa Isabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrano Department, Santa Fe
The Belgrano Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Belgrano'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the southwest of the province. It limits with the departments of San Martín (north), San Jerónimo (northeast), Iriondo (east), and Caseros (south); to the west it limits with the province of Córdoba. The department has about 41,000 inhabitants. Its head town is Las Rosas (population 13,000). Other cities and towns are Armstrong, Bouquet, Las Parejas, Montes de Oca, and Tortugas. The name of this department is an homage to General Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentina, Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He to ..., the creator of the Argentine flag. ReferencesInforama- Municipalities of the Belgrano Department. * {{S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Argentina
Departments () form the second level of administrative division (below the Provinces of Argentina, provinces), and are subdivided in Municipalities of Argentina, municipalities. They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Buenos Aires Province, Province of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements (respectively Partidos of Buenos Aires, ''partidos'' and Communes of Buenos Aires, ''comunas''). Except in La Rioja Province, Argentina, La Rioja, Mendoza Province, Mendoza, and San Juan Province, Argentina, San Juan Provinces, departments have no executive authorities or assemblies of their own. However, they serve as territorial constituencies for the election of members of the legislative bodies of most provinces. For example, in Santa Fe Province, each department returns one senator to the provincial senate. In Tucumán Province, on the other hand, where legislators are e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consists of several dioceses (or eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' (; ) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers. In the history of Western world (sometimes more precisely as Greco-Roman world) adopted by the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a Manorialism, manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount. By extension the term ''parish'' refers not only to the territorial entity but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. In England this church property was technically in ownership of the parish priest ''Ex officio member, ex officio'', vested in him on his institution to that parish. Etymology and use First attested in English in the late 13th century, the word ''parish'' comes from the Old French , in turn from , the Romanization of Greek, Romanisation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
