The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia (erected 3 June 1939, as the Diocese of Resistencia) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Formosa and San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña. It was elevated on 28 February 1984. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop (then more precisely called Metropolitan archbishop) of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Ordinaries

• Nicolás de Carlo (1940 - 1951)
• Enrique Rau (1954 - 1957)
• José Agustín Marozzi (1957 - 1984)
• Juan José Iriarte (1984 - 1991)
• Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (1993 - 2005) - Archbishop Emeritus
• Fabriciano Sigampa (2005 - )

Territorial losses

1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

External links and References

• Archdiocese of Resistencia. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.