The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rafaela () is in

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and is a

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History

On 10 April 1961

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founded the Diocese of Rafaela from territory taken from the Diocese of Reconquista and

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Bishops

Ordinaries

Vicente Faustino Zazpe Monsignor Vicente Faustino Zazpe Zarategi (15 February 1920 – 24 January 1984) was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina. Zazpe (also sometimes spelled ''Zaspe'') was born to Spanish Navarre immigrants in Santa Fe. He attended ...

(1961–1968) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe * Antonio Alfredo Brasca (1968–1976) *

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(1976–1983) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro *

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(1984–1999) * Carlos María Franzini (2000–2012) Appointed, Archbishop of Mendoza *

Luis Alberto Fernández Alara Luis Alberto Fernández Alara (born October 26, 1946) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2009 until 2013, when he became bishop of Rafaela. Life Born in Lomas de Zamora, Fernández Alara ...

(2013–2022) * Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga (2022–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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, appointed Bishop of Santo Tomé in 2006 * Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen, appointed Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes in 2011 * Gustavo Alejandro Montini, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in 2014

References

Rafaela Rafaela is a city in Argentina, located in the central-west region of the Santa Fe Province. It serves as the head of the Castellanos Department and is the third most populous and significant urban center in the province, following Rosario, Santa ...

1961 establishments in Argentina {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub