Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno (erected 13 May 1997) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, having had change of metropolitan from Buenos Aires in 2019.

Diocese of Merlo-Moreno Dioecesis Merlensis-Morenensis Diócesis de Merlo-Moreno
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Mercedes-Luján
Metropolitan	Mercedes-Luján
Statistics
Area	301 km2 (116 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 850,591 701,737 (82.5%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 May 1997 (27 years ago)
Cathedral	Parroquia Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Patron saint	Our Lady of Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jorge Eduardo Scheinig
Map

The patroness is the Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe.

The partidos (departments) that fall into the diocese are Merlo and Moreno.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Fernando María Bargalló (1997–2012); he resigned and Bishop Emeritus Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto of San Isidro was named Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, 26 June 2012
• Fernando Carlos Maletti (2013–2022)
• Juan José Chaparro Stivanello, C.M.F. (2022– )

Auxiliary bishop

• Oscar Eduardo Miñarro (2016– )

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Gabriel Bernardo Barba, appointed Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere in 2013
• Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, appointed Bishop of Salto, Uruguay in 2018

External links and references

• Cathedral Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary – Cathedral of Merlo-Moreno (in Spanish)
• "Diocese of Merlo-Moreno". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 20 October 2022.