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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

January 06, 2023

The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Bonaerensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.

Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Archidioecesis Bonaerensis

Arquidiócesis de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country Argentina
TerritoryBuenos Aires
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
Statistics
Area78 sq mi (200 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2012)
2,917,000
2,671,000 (91.6%)
Parishes186
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established6 April 1620
CathedralBuenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Patron saintNuestra Señora del Buen Aire
Secular priests471
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMario Poli
Auxiliary Bishops
Map
Website
arzbaires.org.ar

The Archbishopric of Buenos Aires is the Primatial see (protocollary first-rank) of Argentina,[1][2][3] although the incumbent Metropolitan may be outranked by Cardinals or more senior ones. On 13 March 2013, then-Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope, under the name of Francis. The current archbishop, since 28 March 2013, is Mario Aurelio Poli, appointed by Pope Francis to succeed him as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Statistics and extent

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Buenos Aires was the second largest Catholic city in the world after Paris.[4][5] In 2014 the Archdiocese pastorally served 2,721,000 Catholics (91.6% of 2,971,000 total) in an area of 205 km2 in 186 parishes and 183 missions with 783 priests (456 diocesan, 327 religious), 11 deacons, 1,915 lay religious (477 brothers, 1,438 sisters) and 53 seminarians. It is divided into the four zonal vicaries—Flores, Devoto, Belgrano and Centro—which are further subdivided into 20 deaconates.

Special churches

  • Its cathedral mother church is the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, the national capital of Argentina.
  • It also has the following Minor basilicas, all in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Buenos Aires, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Buenos Aires, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Socorro, Basílica de San Antonio de Padua, Basílica de San Carlos Borromeo y María Auxiliadora, Basílica de San Francisco de Asís, Basílica de San José de Flores, Basílica de San Nicolás de Bari (a National Shrine), Basílica de Santa Rosa de Lima, Basílica del Espíritu Santo, Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Buenos Aires and Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento.

Ecclesiastical province

The archdiocese has eleven suffragan sees, of which nine are Latin:

It also has two Eastern Catholic suffragans :

History

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Buenos Aires
  1. Pedro Carranza Salinas, O.Carm. (1620–1632)
  2. Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar, O.S.B. (1635–1641)
  3. Cristóbal de la Mancha y Velazco, O.P. (1641–1673)
  4. Antonio de Azcona Imberto (1676–1700)
  5. Gabriel de Arregui, O.F.M. (1712–1716), appointed Bishop of Cuzco
  6. Pedro de Fajardo, O.SS.T. (1713–1729)
  7. Juan de Arregui, O.F.M. (1730–1736)
  8. José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, O.P. (1738–1746), appointed Bishop of La Paz
  9. Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (1749–1757), appointed Bishop of Trujillo and later Archbishop of La Plata
  10. José Antonio Basurco y Herrera (1757–1761)
  11. Manuel Antonio de la Torre (1762–1776)
  12. Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. (1777–1783), appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
  13. Manuel Azamor y Ramírez (1785–1796)
  14. Pedro Inocencio Bejarano (1797–1801), appointed Bishop of Sigüenza
  15. Benito Lué y Riega (1802–1812)
  16. Mariano Medrano y Cabrera (1829–1851)
Archbishops of Buenos Aires
  1. Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos (1854–1870)
  2. Federico León Aneiros (1873–1894)
  3. Uladislao Castellano (1895–1900)
  4. Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1900–1923)
  5. José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M. (1926–1932)
  6. Cardinal Santiago Copello (1932–1959), appointed Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
  7. Fermín Emilio Lafitte (1959)
  8. Cardinal Antonio Caggiano (1959–1975)
  9. Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu (1975–1990)
  10. Cardinal Antonio Quarracino (1990–1998)
  11. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. (1998–2013), elected Pope Francis
  12. Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli (2013–present)

Coadjutor archbishops

Auxiliary Bishops of Buenos Aires

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Nicolás Fasolino, appointed Bishop of Santa Fe in 1932; future Cardinal
  • Emilio Antonio di Pasquo, appointed Bishop of San Luis in 1946
  • Antonio María Aguirre, appointed Bishop of San Isidro in 1957
  • Alberto Devoto, appointed Bishop of Goya in 1961
  • Vicente Faustino Zazpe, appointed Bishop of Rafaela in 1961
  • Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Salta in 1962
  • Luis Juan Tomé, appointed Bishop of Mercedes in 1963
  • Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma in 1980
  • Jorge María Mejía, appointed titular Bishop in 1986; future Cardinal
  • Leonardo Sandri, appointed titular Archbishop in 1997; future Cardinal
  • Fernando Carlos Maletti, appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche in 2001
  • Antonio Marino, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata in 2003
  • Eduardo Maria Taussig, appointed Bishop of San Rafael in 2004
  • César Daniel Fernández, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Paraná in 2007
  • Luis Mariano Montemayor, appointed titular Archbishop in 2008
  • Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero in 2008
  • Alfredo Horacio Zecca, appointed Archbishop of Tucumán in 2011
  • Fernando Martín Croxatto (priest here, 1986-2000), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2014
  • Han Lim Moon, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Martín in 2014
  • Jorge Martín Torres Carbonell, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2014
  • Alejandro Pablo Benna, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2017
  • Luis Dario Martín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa in 2019
  • Ignacio Damián Medina, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ "Diócesis de Argentina". Conferencia Episcopal Argentina. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "El nuevo arzobispo de Buenos Aires es Mons. Mario Poli". AICA.org. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ "El Esquiu.com domingo 16 diciembre 2012 by Editorial El Esquiú". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. ^ Ivereigh, Austen (2016). Catholicism and Politics in Argentina, 1810-1960. Springer. p. 76. ISBN 9781349136186. Buenos Aires was the second largest Catholic city in the world (after Paris)
  5. ^ Clark, Francis Edward (1907). The Continent of Opportunity. Princeton University Pree. p. 208. ... BUENOS AYRES second largest Roman Catholic city in the world, the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world...

Sources and external links

  • GCatholic, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections
  • (in Spanish) Arzobispado de Buenos Aires — Website of the Archdiocese.
  • (in English) Catholic-Hierarchy — Statistics on the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

January 06, 2023
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The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Archidioecesis Bonaerensis is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country including two Eastern Catholic eparchies Archdiocese of Buenos AiresArchidioecesis BonaerensisArquidiocesis de Buenos AiresBuenos Aires Metropolitan CathedralLocationCountry ArgentinaTerritoryBuenos AiresEcclesiastical provinceBuenos AiresStatisticsArea78 sq mi 200 km2 Population Total Catholics including non members as of 2012 2 917 0002 671 000 91 6 Parishes186InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished6 April 1620CathedralBuenos Aires Metropolitan CathedralPatron saintNuestra Senora del Buen AireSecular priests471Current leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopMario PoliAuxiliary BishopsJuan Carlos AresJose Maria BalinaEnrique Eguia SeguiErnesto GiobandoAlejandro Daniel GiorgiJoaquin Mariano SucunzaGustavo Oscar CarraraMapWebsitearzbaires org arThe Archbishopric of Buenos Aires is the Primatial see protocollary first rank of Argentina 1 2 3 although the incumbent Metropolitan may be outranked by Cardinals or more senior ones On 13 March 2013 then Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope under the name of Francis The current archbishop since 28 March 2013 is Mario Aurelio Poli appointed by Pope Francis to succeed him as Archbishop of Buenos Aires Contents 1 Statistics and extent 2 Special churches 3 Ecclesiastical province 4 History 5 Bishops 5 1 Episcopal ordinaries 5 2 Coadjutor archbishops 5 3 Auxiliary Bishops of Buenos Aires 5 4 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 6 See also 7 References 8 Sources and external linksStatistics and extent EditAt the beginning of the twentieth century Buenos Aires was the second largest Catholic city in the world after Paris 4 5 In 2014 the Archdiocese pastorally served 2 721 000 Catholics 91 6 of 2 971 000 total in an area of 205 km2 in 186 parishes and 183 missions with 783 priests 456 diocesan 327 religious 11 deacons 1 915 lay religious 477 brothers 1 438 sisters and 53 seminarians It is divided into the four zonal vicaries Flores Devoto Belgrano and Centro which are further subdivided into 20 deaconates Special churches EditIts cathedral mother church is the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral dedicated to the Holy Trinity in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires the national capital of Argentina It also has the following Minor basilicas all in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Buenos Aires Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced Buenos Aires Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Piedad Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Pilar Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Rosario Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Socorro Basilica de San Antonio de Padua Basilica de San Carlos Borromeo y Maria Auxiliadora Basilica de San Francisco de Asis Basilica de San Jose de Flores Basilica de San Nicolas de Bari a National Shrine Basilica de Santa Rosa de Lima Basilica del Espiritu Santo Basilica del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Buenos Aires and Basilica del Santisimo Sacramento Ecclesiastical province EditThe archdiocese has eleven suffragan sees of which nine are Latin Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellaneda Lanus Roman Catholic Diocese of Gregorio de Laferrere Roman Catholic Diocese of Lomas de Zamora Roman Catholic Diocese of Moron Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilmes Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro Roman Catholic Diocese of San Justo Roman Catholic Diocese of San Martin Roman Catholic Diocese of San MiguelIt also has two Eastern Catholic suffragans Maronite Eparchy of San Charbel of Buenos Aires Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires History EditIt was erected on 6 April 1620 as Diocese of Buenos Aires on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Paraguay It lost territories on 14 August 1832 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo now Metropolitan and again on 13 June 1859 to establish the Diocese of Parana now Metropolitan Elevated on 5 March 1866 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Lost territories again in 1884 to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Patagonia and on February 15 1897 to establish the then Diocese of La Plata but gained back territories in 1904 from the suppressed above Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Patagonia and on 4 October 1916 from the suppressed Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Patagonia On 20 April 1934 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Viedma It received Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in June 1982 and April 1987 Bishops Edit all Roman Rite Episcopal ordinaries Edit Bishops of Buenos AiresPedro Carranza Salinas O Carm 1620 1632 Cristobal de Aresti Martinez de Aguilar O S B 1635 1641 Cristobal de la Mancha y Velazco O P 1641 1673 Antonio de Azcona Imberto 1676 1700 Gabriel de Arregui O F M 1712 1716 appointed Bishop of Cuzco Pedro de Fajardo O SS T 1713 1729 Juan de Arregui O F M 1730 1736 Jose de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavidez O P 1738 1746 appointed Bishop of La Paz Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont 1749 1757 appointed Bishop of Trujillo and later Archbishop of La Plata Jose Antonio Basurco y Herrera 1757 1761 Manuel Antonio de la Torre 1762 1776 Sebastian Malvar y Pinto O F M 1777 1783 appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela Manuel Azamor y Ramirez 1785 1796 Pedro Inocencio Bejarano 1797 1801 appointed Bishop of Siguenza Benito Lue y Riega 1802 1812 Mariano Medrano y Cabrera 1829 1851 Archbishops of Buenos AiresMariano Jose de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos 1854 1870 Federico Leon Aneiros 1873 1894 Uladislao Castellano 1895 1900 Mariano Antonio Espinosa 1900 1923 Jose Maria Bottaro y Hers O F M 1926 1932 Cardinal Santiago Copello 1932 1959 appointed Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church Fermin Emilio Lafitte 1959 Cardinal Antonio Caggiano 1959 1975 Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu 1975 1990 Cardinal Antonio Quarracino 1990 1998 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio S J 1998 2013 elected Pope Francis Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli 2013 present Coadjutor archbishops Edit Fermin Emilio Lafitte 1958 1959 Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu 1967 1975 future Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio S J 1997 1998 future Cardinal and Pope FrancisAuxiliary Bishops of Buenos Aires Edit Miguel Moises Araoz 1871 1883 Juan Agustin Boneo 1893 1898 appointed Bishop of Santa Fe Juan Nepomuceno Terrero y Escalada 1898 1900 appointed Bishop of La Plata Gregorio Ignazio Romero 1899 1915 Francisco Alberti 1917 1921 appointed Bishop of La Plata and later Archbishop of La Plata Miguel de Andrea 1919 1960 Fortunado Devoto 1927 1941 Santiago Luis Copello 1928 appointed Archbishop here Cardinal in 1935 Antonio Rocca 1936 1975 Tomas Juan Carlos Solari 1943 1948 appointed Archbishop of La Plata Manuel Tato 1948 1961 appointed Bishop of Santiago del Estero Manuel Menendez 1956 1961 appointed Bishop of San Martin Guillermo Bolatti 1957 1961 appointed Bishop of Rosario and later Archbishop of Rosario Victorio Manuel Bonamin Salesians S D B 1960 1975 Jorge Carlos Carreras 1962 1965 appointed Bishop of San Rafael and later Bishop of San Justo Oscar Felix Villena 1962 1970 appointed Bishop of San Rafael and later Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario Ernesto Segura 1962 1972 Manuel Augusto Cardenas 1962 1975 Horacio Alberto Bozzoli 1975 1978 appointed Bishop of San Rafael and later Archbishop of Tucuman Guillermo Leaden S D B 1975 1992 Mario Jose Serra 1975 2002 Jose Manuel Lorenzo 1977 1983 appointed Bishop of San Miguel Arnaldo Clemente Canale 1977 1990 Domingo Salvador Castagna 1978 1984 appointed Bishop of San Nicolas de los Arroyos and later Archbishop of Corrientes Luis Hector Villalba 1984 1991 appointed Bishop of San Martin and later Archbishop of Tucuman elevated to Cardinal in 2015 Eduardo Miras 1984 1993 appointed Archbishop of Rosario Ruben Oscar Frassia 1992 1993 appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche and later Bishop of Avellaneda Jorge Mario Bergoglio S J 1992 1997 appointed Coadjutor here future Cardinal and Pope Francis Hector Ruben Aguer 1992 1998 appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata and later Archbishop of La Plata Raul Omar Rossi 1992 2000 appointed Bishop of San Martin Jose Luis Mollaghan 1993 2000 appointed Bishop of San Miguel and later Archbishop of Rosario Guillermo Rodriguez Melgarejo 1994 2003 appointed Bishop of San Martin Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul 1999 2008 Jorge Eduardo Lozano 2000 2005 appointed Bishop of Gualeguaychu and later Coadjutor Archbishop and Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo Joaquin Mariano Sucunza 2000 present Jose Antonio Gentico 2001 2007 Eduardo Horacio Garcia 2003 2014 appointed Bishop of San Justo Raul Martin 2006 2013 oscar Vicente Ojea 2006 2009 appointed Coadjutor and later Bishop of San Isidro Enrique Eguia Segui 2008 present Luis Alberto Fernandez Alara 2009 2013 appointed Bishop of Rafaela Vicente Bokalic Iglic C M 2010 2013 appointed Bishop of Santiago del Estero Alejandro Daniel Giorgi 2014 present Ernesto Giobando S J 2014 present Juan Carlos Ares 2014 present Jose Maria Balina 2015 present Gustavo Oscar Carrara 2017 present Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Edit Nicolas Fasolino appointed Bishop of Santa Fe in 1932 future Cardinal Emilio Antonio di Pasquo appointed Bishop of San Luis in 1946 Antonio Maria Aguirre appointed Bishop of San Isidro in 1957 Alberto Devoto appointed Bishop of Goya in 1961 Vicente Faustino Zazpe appointed Bishop of Rafaela in 1961 Carlos Horacio Ponce de Leon appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Salta in 1962 Luis Juan Tome appointed Bishop of Mercedes in 1963 Carmelo Juan Giaquinta appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma in 1980 Jorge Maria Mejia appointed titular Bishop in 1986 future Cardinal Leonardo Sandri appointed titular Archbishop in 1997 future Cardinal Fernando Carlos Maletti appointed Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche in 2001 Antonio Marino appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata in 2003 Eduardo Maria Taussig appointed Bishop of San Rafael in 2004 Cesar Daniel Fernandez appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Parana in 2007 Luis Mariano Montemayor appointed titular Archbishop in 2008 Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero in 2008 Alfredo Horacio Zecca appointed Archbishop of Tucuman in 2011 Fernando Martin Croxatto priest here 1986 2000 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2014 Han Lim Moon appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Martin in 2014 Jorge Martin Torres Carbonell appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2014 Alejandro Pablo Benna appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2017 Luis Dario Martin appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa in 2019 Ignacio Damian Medina appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora in 2019See also EditCatholicism in Argentina List of Catholic dioceses in ArgentinaReferences Edit Diocesis de Argentina Conferencia Episcopal Argentina Retrieved 1 April 2018 El nuevo arzobispo de Buenos Aires es Mons Mario Poli AICA org 28 March 2013 Retrieved 20 May 2015 El Esquiu com domingo 16 diciembre 2012 by Editorial El Esquiu ISSUU com Retrieved 20 May 2015 Ivereigh Austen 2016 Catholicism and Politics in Argentina 1810 1960 Springer p 76 ISBN 9781349136186 Buenos Aires was the second largest Catholic city in the world after Paris Clark Francis Edward 1907 The Continent of Opportunity Princeton University Pree p 208 BUENOS AYRES second largest Roman Catholic city in the world the largest Spanish speaking city in the world Sources and external links EditGCatholic with Google map amp satellite photo data for all sections in Spanish Arzobispado de Buenos Aires Website of the Archdiocese in English Catholic Hierarchy Statistics on the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires amp oldid 1131975652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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