Diocese of San Luis, Argentina 🇦🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: San Luis / Sancti Ludovici in Argentina (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Juan de Cuyo

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Rafael (↙), Mendoza (←), San Juan de Cuyo (↖), La Rioja (↑), Cruz del Eje (↑), Villa María (↗), Río Cuarto (→), Santa Rosa (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Louis of France (August 25)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.04.20: Established as Diocese of San Luis / Sancti Ludovici in Argentina (Latin) (from Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo and became suffragan of San Juan de Cuyo)

Contact Info

Address: Av. Presidente Illia 268, D5700IEP, San Luis, Argentina

Phone: (02652) 422415

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.09 – ...):

Bishop Gabriel Bernardo Barba (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Luis (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gabriel Bernardo Barba (61)
(2020.06.09 – ...)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina)

En Cristo somos uno

Born:	1964.04.24 (Morón, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1989.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.01

Priest of Morón (Argentina) (1989.08.12 – 1997.05.13)

Priest of Merlo–Moreno (Argentina) (1997.05.13 – 2013.12.19)

Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere (Argentina) (2013.12.19 – 2020.06.09)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (2020.06.09 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea (60)
(2011.02.22 – 2020.06.09)

Bishop emeritus of San Luis (Argentina)

Veritas in caritate

Born:	1966.03.05 (Mendoza, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.19

Priest of San Rafael (Argentina) (1981.12.17 – 2009.12.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (2009.12.07 – 2011.02.22)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (2011.02.22 – 2020.06.09)

Bishop Jorge Luis Lona
(2001.06.06 – 2011.02.22)

Realizando la verdad en la caridad

Born:	1935.11.23 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.12.20
Died:	2022.08.19 (Mendoza, Argentina † 86)

Priest of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1979.12.20 – 2000.11.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (2000.11.20 – 2001.06.06)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (2001.06.06 – 2011.02.22)

Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap.
(1971.07.06 – 2001.06.06)

Fideliter

Born:	1926.02.22 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1949.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.29
Died:	2019.07.22 (San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy † 93)

Titular Bishop of Iomnium (1971.04.05 – 1971.07.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (1971.04.05 – 1971.07.06)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of San Luis (Argentina) (1971.04.05 – 1971.07.06)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (1971.07.06 – 2001.06.06)

Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap.
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1971.04.05 – 1971.07.06)

Bishop Carlos María Cafferata
(1961.07.11 – 1971.07.06)

Born:	1908.10.29 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.08.24
Died:	1971.07.06 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Europa (1956.05.22 – 1961.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1956.05.22 – 1961.07.11)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (1961.07.11 – 1971.07.06)

Bishop Emilio Antonio di Pasquo
(1946.11.02 – 1961.06.14)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1899.12.23 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1924.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.12.15
Died:	1962.04.09 († 62)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (1946.11.02 – 1961.06.14)

Bishop of Avellaneda (Argentina) (1961.06.14 – 1962.04.09)

Bishop Pedro Dionisio Tibiletti
(1934.09.13 – 1945.05.14)

Born:	1887.10.09 (Concepción, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1910.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.06.23
Died:	1945.05.14 († 57)

Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro (1929.01.25 – 1934.09.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1929.01.25 – 1934.09.13)

Bishop of San Luis (Argentina) (1934.09.13 – 1945.05.14)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea (60) (2009.12.07 – 2011.02.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jorge Luis Lona (2000.11.20 – 2001.06.06)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. (1971.04.05 – 1971.07.06)

Special Churches

Churches by City (48)

San Rafael (↙), Mendoza (←), San Juan de Cuyo (↖), La Rioja (↑), Cruz del Eje (↑), Villa María (↗), Río Cuarto (→), Santa Rosa (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 76,748 km²

Population: 417,036 Catholics (90.1% of 463,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 78 priests (71 diocesan, 7 religious), 4 deacons, 112 religious (51 brothers, 61 sisters), 13 seminarians