Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora (erected 11 February 1957) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

Diocese of Lomas de Zamora Dioecesis Clivi Zamorensis Diócesis de Lomas de Zamora
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de La Paz
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Buenos Aires
Metropolitan	Buenos Aires
Statistics
Area	1,400 km2 (540 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,061,548 1,771,037 (85.9%)
Parishes	53
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	11 February 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Lomas de Zamora
Patron saint	Our Lady of Peace
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jorge Ruben Lugones, S.J.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mario Aurelio Poli
Auxiliary Bishops	Ignacio Damián Medina
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Bishops

Ordinaries

• Filemón Castellano (1957–1963)
• Alejandro Schell (1963–1972)
• Desiderio Elso Collino (1972–2001)
• Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. (2001–2007 ), appointed Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján
• Jorge Ruben Lugones, S.J. (2008– )

Coadjutor bishop

• Alejandro Schell (1958–1963)

Auxiliary bishops

• Héctor Gabino Romero (1978–1984), appointed Bishop of Rafaela
• José María Arancedo (1988–1991), appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata
• Juan Carlos Maccarone (1993–1996), appointed Bishop of Chascomús
• Jorge Vázquez (2013–2017), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Morón
• Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap. (2013); did not take effect
• Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell (2014–2020), appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere
• Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (2017–2019), appointed Bishop of Río Gallegos
• Ignacio Damián Medina (2019-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Gustavo Arturo Help, appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto in 2000
• Luis Alberto Fernández Alara, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 2009

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1961	Archdiocese of La Plata	Diocese of Avellaneda
1969	Diocese of Morón	Diocese of San Justo
2001	Diocese of Avellaneda	Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanús

References

• "Diocese of Lomas de Zamora". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 31 March 2007.