Roman Catholic Diocese of Goya

Diocese of Goya Dioecesis Goyanensis Diócesis de Goya
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Corrientes
Metropolitan	Corrientes
Statistics
Area	33,603 km2 (12,974 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 270,000 244,000 (90.4%)
Parishes	15
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Goya, Corrientes
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Adolfo Ramón Canecín
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrés Stanovnik

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Goya (Latin: Dioecesis Goyanensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Corrientes. It was established by Blessed John XXIII on 10 April 1961.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Alberto Devoto (1961–1984)
• Luis Teodorico Stöckler (1985–2002)
• Ricardo Oscar Faifer (2002–2015)
• Adolfo Ramón Canecín (2015- )

Coadjutor bishop

• Adolfo Ramón Canecín (2014-2015)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Ricardo Rösch, appointed Bishop of Concordia in 1961

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1979	Archdiocese of Corrientes	Diocese of Santo Tomé

External links and references

• "Diocese of Goya". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-30. ^{[self-published]}