Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires is an ecclesiastical constituency of the Catholic Church in Argentina.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Buenos Aires | |
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 Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
| Territory | Buenos Aires |
| Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 78 sq mi (200 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 2,917,000 2,671,000 (91.6%) |
| Parishes | 186 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6 April 1620 |
| Cathedral | Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire |
| Secular priests | 471 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
| Auxiliary Bishops | |
| Bishops emeritus | Mario Aurelio Poli |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| arzbaires.org.ar | |
It is a Latin archdiocese, metropolitan seat of the ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires. Between 1936 and 2024 it was the primal seat of Argentina. On 13 March 2013, Cardinal Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope, taking the name of Francis. On 22 July 2024, the primatial see of Argentina was transferred to the Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero.[1] The current archbishop, since 26 May 2023, is Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva.
References
- ↑ Rinunce e nomine, 22.07.2024. Bollettino Sala Stampa della Santa Sede. Retrieved 23 July 2024.