Roman Catholic Diocese of Zárate-Campana
Diocese of Zárate-Campana Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis Diócesis de Zárate-Campana | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Mercedes-Luján |
| Metropolitan | Mercedes-Luján |
| Coordinates | 34°09′52″S 58°57′34″W / 34.1645°S 58.9595°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,903 km2 (2,279 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 38 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 21 April 1976 (49 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Florentina in Campana |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord in Belén de Escobar |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of Luján Saint Joseph |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Pedro Maria Laxague |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Eduardo Scheinig |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Justo Rodríguez Gallego |
| Bishops emeritus | Oscar Domingo Sarlinga |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zárate-Campana (Latin: Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, in central Argentina on the Atlantic coast, having had a change of metropolitan from La Plata in 2019.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa Florentina, dedicated to Saint Florentina, in Campana, and it also has a co-cathedral: Cocatedral Natividad del Señor, dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lord, in Belén de Escobar, also in Buenos Aires Province.