Roman Catholic Diocese of Río Gallegos

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, Argentina, according to the Vatican Information Service (VIS) has an area of 265,614 square miles, a total population of 300,000, a Catholic population of 210,000, 55 priests, 9 permanent deacons, and 94 religious. It was erected in 1961, and was formed from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is a suffragan see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca, Argentina. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B., is the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos, since his installation in 2005. On Saturday, February 19, 2011, the Vatican Information Service stated that Pope Benedict XVI had named the Right Reverend Monsignor Miguel Angel D'Annibale, until then the Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro, as an Auxiliary Bishop-elect (assistant bishop) of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos to Bishop Romanin, with the title of Titular Bishop of Nasai (in Numidia). The Auxiliary Bishop-elect was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1959, and was ordained a priest in 1985.

Ordinaries

• Mauricio Eugenio Magliano, S.D.B.(1961–1974)
• Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B.(1975–1992)
• Alejandro Antonio Buccolini, S.D.B. (1992–2005)
• Juan Carlos Romanin S.D.B. (2005 - )

References

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/driog.html