title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero
  
  The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iacobi de Estero) is in Argentina and is a suffragan diocese of Tucumán.
  
  ## History
  
  On 10 April 1961 Pope John XXIII founded the Diocese of Santiago del Estero from territory taken from the Diocese of Tucumán. It lost territory to the Diocese of Añatuya when that diocese was created in 1961.
  
  ## Bishops
  
  ### Ordinaries
  
  * Juan Martín Yáñez (1910–1926)
  * Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1927–1939), appointed Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
  * José Weimann, C.Ss.R. (1940–1961)
  * Manuel Tato (1961–1980)
  * Manuel Guirao (1981–1994)
  * Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1994–1998)
  * Juan Carlos Maccarone (1999–2005)
  * Francisco Polti Santillán (2006–2013)
  * Vicente Bokalic Iglic (2013–present)
  
  ### Coadjutor bishop
  
  * Gerardo Eusebio Sueldo (1993–1994)
  
  ### Auxiliary bishops
  
  * Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (2008-2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio
  * Enrique Alberto Martínez Ossola (2017-
  