Roman Catholic Diocese of Rafaela

Diocese of Rafaela Dioecesis Raphaëliensis Diócesis de Rafaela
Cathedral of St. Raphael
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
Metropolitan	Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
Statistics
Area	38,320 km2 (14,800 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 277,540 250,255 (80.2%)
Parishes	36
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Raphael in Rafaela
Patron saint	Our Lady of Guadalupe St Joseph the Worker
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga
Metropolitan Archbishop	José María Arancedo
Bishops emeritus	Luis Alberto Fernández Alara
Website
www.diocesisderafaela.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rafaela (Latin: Dioecesis Raphaëliensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz.

History

On 10 April 1961 Saint John XXIII founded the Diocese of Rafaela from territory taken from the Diocese of Reconquista and Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Vicente Faustino Zazpe (1961–1968) Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe
• Antonio Alfredo Brasca (1968–1976)
• Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto (1976–1983) Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro
• Héctor Gabino Romero (1984–1999)
• Carlos María Franzini (2000–2012) Appointed, Archbishop of Mendoza
• Luis Alberto Fernández Alara (2013–2022)
• Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga (2022–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Hugo Norberto Santiago, 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