Roman Catholic Diocese of Zárate-Campana

Diocese of Zárate-Campana

Dioecesis Zaratensis-Campanensis

Diócesis de Zárate-Campana
Location
CountryArgentina
Ecclesiastical provinceMercedes-Luján
MetropolitanMercedes-Luján
Coordinates34°09′52″S 58°57′34″W / 34.1645°S 58.9595°W / -34.1645; -58.9595
Statistics
Area5,903 km2 (2,279 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 900,000
  • 636,000 (90.9%)
Parishes38
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established21 April 1976 (49 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Florentina in Campana
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord in Belén de Escobar
Patron saintOur Lady of Luján
Saint Joseph
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopPedro Maria Laxague
Metropolitan ArchbishopJorge Eduardo Scheinig
Auxiliary BishopsJusto Rodríguez Gallego
Bishops emeritusOscar Domingo Sarlinga
Map
Website
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.