The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Bonaerensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based on the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. The Archbishop since 28 February 1998 is Jorge Bergoglio. Its motherchurch is the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral.
The territory of the Archdiocese has an area of 203 km² and a population of 2,729,610 (2005), of which around 2.5 million are Catholic, served by 182 parishes. It is divided into four zonal vicaries: Flores, Devoto, Belgrano and Centro, in turn subdivided into 20 deaconates.
The archdiocese has 11 suffragans, corresponding to the dioceses of Avellaneda-Lanus, Gregorio de Laferrere, Lomas de Zamora, Merlo-Moreno, Moron, San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), San Isidro, San Justo, San Martin, San Miguel, and Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian).
The diocese was erected on 6 April 1620 as an offshoot of the Diocese of Paraguay, and was elevated to archdiocese on 5 March 1886. Through the years it lost large parts of its territory to the new dioceses of Montevideo, Parana, La Plata and Viedma.
List of archbishops
The following is a partial list of archbishops (starting in the 20th century):
- Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1900–1923)
- Jose Maria Bottaro y Hers (1926–1932)
- Santiago Luis Copello (1932–1959)
- Fermin Emilio Lafitte (1959)
- Antonio Caggiano (1959–1975)
- Juan Carlos Aramburu (1975–1990)
- Antonio Quarracino (1990–1998)
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio (1998–present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Argentina
References
Other pages about Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina
-Catholic Diocese of Anatuya -List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahia Blanca -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cordoba -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corrientes -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Plata -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Lujan -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Parana -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Resistencia -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rosario -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz -Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucuman -Roman Catholic Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia -Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Valle del Rio Negro -Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda-Lanus -Roman Catholic Diocese of Azul -Roman Catholic Diocese of Catamarca -Roman Catholic Diocese of Chascomus -Roman Catholic Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia -Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepcion -Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia -Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz del Eje -Roman Catholic Diocese of Formosae -Roman Catholic Diocese of Goya -Roman Catholic Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere -Roman Catholic Diocese of Gualeguaychu -Roman Catholic Diocese of Jujuy -Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja -Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora -Roman Catholic Diocese of Mar del Plata -Roman Catholic Diocese of Merlo-Moreno -Roman Catholic Diocese of Moron -Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquen -Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio -Roman Catholic Diocese of Posadas -Roman Catholic Diocese of Puerto Iguazu -Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilmes -Roman Catholic Diocese of Rafaela -Roman Catholic Diocese of Reconquista -Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio Gallegos -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Justo -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Luis -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Martin -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miguel -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Nicolas de los Arroyos -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Rafael -Roman Catholic Diocese of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena -Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa, Argentina -Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago del Estero -Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Tome -Roman Catholic Diocese of Venado Tuerto -Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma -Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa Maria -Roman Catholic Diocese of Villa de la Concepcion del Rio Cuarto -Roman Catholic Diocese of Zarate-Campana -Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cafayate -Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Dean Funes -Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca
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