Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja (Latin: Dioecesis Rioiensis) is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo.On Tuesday July 9 2013 Pope Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja (La Rioja Argentina) presented by Bishop Roberto Rodríguez in accordance with Canon 401.1 of the Latin-rite Code of Canon Law.Pope Francis appointed as the next Bishop of the same Diocese Bishop Daniel Marcelo Colombo until now serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran.
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