Diocese of Rafaela
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rafaela is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz.
History
On 10 April 1961 Saint John XXIII founded the Diocese of Rafaela from territory taken from the Diocese of Reconquista and Archdiocese of Santa Fe.Bishops
Ordinaries
- Vicente Faustino Zazpe Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe
- Antonio Alfredo Brasca
- Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of San Isidro
- Héctor Gabino Romero
- Carlos María Franzini Appointed, Archbishop of Mendoza
- Luis Alberto Fernández Alara
- Pedro Javier Torres Aliaga
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Hugo Norberto Santiago, appointed Bishop of Santo Tomé in 2006
- Gustavo Gabriel Zurbriggen, appointed Coadjutor Prelate of Deán Funes in 2011
- Gustavo Alejandro Montini, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in 2014