Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata in Argentina
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese and its suffragan sees are Azul, Chascomús, and Mar del Plata. It was elevated on 20 April 1934.Bishops
Ordinaries
- Mariano Antonio Espinosa, appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires
- Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada
- Francisco Alberti
- Juan Pascual Chimento
- Tomás Juan Carlos Solari
- Antonio José Plaza
- Antonio Quarracino, appointed Archbishop of Buenos Aires
- Carlos Walter Galán Barry
- Héctor Rubén Aguer
- Víctor Manuel Fernández
Coadjutor archbishop
- Héctor Rubén Aguer
- Francisco Alberti, appointed Bishop here
- Santiago Luis Copello, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires; future Cardinal
- Juan Pascual Chimento, appointed Bishop of Mercedes
- Anunciado Serafini, appointed Bishop of Mercedes
- Germiniano Esorto, appointed Bishop of Bahía Blanca
- Enrique Rau, appointed Bishop of Resistencia
- Raúl Francisco Primatesta, appointed Bishop of San Rafael; future Cardinal
- Eduardo Francisco Pironio, appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata; future Cardinal
- Octavio Nicolás Derisi
- Mario Picchi, S.D.B., appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto
- José María Montes, appointed Bishop of Chascomús
- Guillermo José Garlatti, appointed Bishop of San Rafael
- Antonio Marino, appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata
- Nicolás Baisi, appointed Bishop of Puerto Iguazú
- Alberto Germán Bochatey Chaneton, O.S.A. (2012-
- Jorge Esteban González (2020-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Miguel d’Andrea, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires in 1919
- Alejandro Schell, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 1958
Bishops currently serving in this Archdiocese
They also appear as part of the above Bishops section.
