Diocese of

San Nicolás de los Arroyos

Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Nicolás de los Arroyos / Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Rosario

Neighbouring Dioceses: Venado Tuerto (←), Rosario (↖), Gualeguaychú (↗), Zárate–Campana (→), Mercedes–Luján (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Nicholas of Myra (December 6)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1947.03.03: Established as Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos / Sancti Nicolai de los Arroyos (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata and Diocese of Mercedes and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1957.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Isidro
1963.08.12: Became suffragan of Rosario
1976.03.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Zárate–Campana

Contact Info

Address: Bartolomé Mitre 84, B2900ACB, San Nicolás, Argentina

Phone: (03461) 422364

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hugo Norberto Santiago (71)
(2016.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina)

Born:	1954.04.12 (María Juana, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.19

Priest of Rafaela (Argentina) (1985.12.19 – 2006.12.05)

Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (2006.12.05 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (2016.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Héctor Sabatino Cardelli
(2004.02.21 – 2016.09.21)

Ay de mi si no evangelizara

Born:	1941.08.30 (Godoy, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1968.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.07.14
Died:	2022.11.07 (Rosario, Argentina † 81)

Priest of Rosario (Argentina) (1968.09.21 – 1995.05.13)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1995.05.13 – 1998.05.02)

Bishop of Concordia (Argentina) (1998.05.02 – 2004.02.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (2004.02.21 – 2016.09.21)

Bishop Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (later Archbishop)
(1995.05.08 – 2003.04.29)

Me envió a evangelizar

Born:	1934.12.04 (Carcaraña, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1960.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.05.23
Died:	2020.09.27 (Rosario, Argentina † 85)

Titular Bishop of Febiana (1986.03.21 – 1995.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1986.03.21 – 1995.05.08)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1995.05.08 – 2003.04.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraná (Argentina) (2003.04.29 – 2010.11.04)

Bishop Domingo Salvador Castagna (95) (later Archbishop)
(1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Corrientes (Argentina)

Reconciliatio et pax

Born:	1931.01.12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.12.29

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1955.12.04 – 1978.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1978.11.24 – 1984.08.28)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1994.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1994.06.22 – 2007.09.27)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2002 – 2005)

Bishop Fortunato Antonio Rossi (later Archbishop)
(1977.11.11 – 1983.11.26)

Born:	1919.01.09 (Gualeguaychú, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.10.22
Died:	1999.08.21 (Corrientes, Argentina † 80)

Titular Bishop of Dices (1961.07.24 – 1963.08.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná (Argentina) (1961.07.24 – 1963.08.12)

Bishop of Venado Tuerto (Argentina) (1963.08.12 – 1977.11.11)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1977.11.11 – 1983.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) (1983.11.26 – 1994.04.07)

Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon
(1966.04.28 – 1977.07.11)

No he venido a ser servido, sino a servir

Born:	1914.03.17 (Navarro, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.15
Died:	1977.07.11 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Rhædestus (1962.06.09 – 1966.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1962.06.09 – 1966.04.28)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1966.04.28 – 1977.07.11)

Bishop Francisco Juan Vénnera
(1959.09.21 – 1966.02.15)

Evangelizare regnum Dei

Born:	1911.06.24 (Arequito, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.08.24
Died:	1990.01.23 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Abitinæ (1956.05.22 – 1959.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1956.05.22 – 1959.09.21)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1959.09.21 – 1966.02.15)

Titular Bishop of Jubaltiana (1966.02.15 – 1970.12.20)

Bishop Silvino Martínez
(1954.10.23 – 1959.09.21)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1898.09.12 (Peñaranda de Duero, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1921.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.12.21
Died:	1961.01.27 († 62)

Priest of San Juan de Cuyo (Argentina) (1921.03.19 – 1946.10.07)

Titular Bishop of Canatha (1946.10.07 – 1954.10.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1946.10.07 – 1954.10.23)

Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) (1954.10.23 – 1959.09.21)

Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1959.09.21 – 1961.01.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Nicolás de Bari, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora del Socorro, San Pedro, Buenos Aires
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (58)

Venado Tuerto (←), Rosario (↖), Gualeguaychú (↗), Zárate–Campana (→), Mercedes–Luján (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,500 km²

Population: 408,000 Catholics (75.0% of 543,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes

Personnel: 96 priests (77 diocesan, 19 religious), 6 deacons, 71 religious (23 brothers, 48 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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