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Latin Catholic archdiocese in Argentina
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Metropolitae 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.
The Metropolitan 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 26 May 2023, is
Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva .
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
Ordinaries
Bishops of Buenos Aires
Pedro Carranza Salinas,
O.Carm. (1620–1632)
Cristóbal de Aresti Martínez de Aguilar ,
O.S.B. (1635–1641)
Cristóbal 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)
José de Peralta Barrionuevo y Rocha Benavídez, 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
José Antonio Basurco y Herrera (1757–1761)
Manuel Antonio de la Torre (1762–1776)
Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. (1777–1783), appointed
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
Manuel Azamor y Ramírez (1785–1796)
Pedro Inocencio Bejarano (1797–1801), appointed
Bishop of Sigüenza
Benito Lué y Riega (1802–1812)
Mariano Medrano y Cabrera (1829–1851)
Archbishops of Buenos Aires
Mariano José de Escalada Bustillo y Zeballos (1854–1870)
Federico León Aneiros (1873–1894)
Uladislao Castellano (1895–1900)
Mariano Antonio Espinosa (1900–1923)
José María Bottaro y Hers, O.F.M. (1926–1932)
Cardinal
Santiago Copello (1932–1959), appointed
Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
Fermín Emilio Lafitte (1959)
Cardinal
Antonio Caggiano (1959–1975)
Cardinal
Juan Carlos Aramburu (1975–1990)
Cardinal
Antonio Quarracino (1990–1998)
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, S.J. (1998–2013), elected
Pope Francis
Cardinal
Mario Poli (2013–2023)
Jorge García Cuerva (2023–present)
Coadjutor archbishops
Auxiliary Bishops of Buenos Aires
Miguel Moises Araoz (1871–1883)
Juan Agustín 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)
Tomás Juan Carlos Solari (1943–1948), appointed
Archbishop of La Plata
Manuel Tato (1948–1961), appointed
Bishop of Santiago del Estero
Manuel Menéndez (1956–1961), appointed
Bishop of San Martín
Guillermo Bolatti (1957–1961), appointed
Bishop of Rosario and later Archbishop of Rosario
Victorio Manuel Bonamín,
Salesians (S.D.B.) (1960–1975)
Jorge Carlos Carreras (1962–1965), appointed
Bishop of San Rafael and later
Bishop of San Justo
Oscar Félix Villena (1962–1970), appointed
Bishop of San Rafael and later
Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario
Ernesto Segura (1962–1972)
Manuel Augusto Cárdenas (1962–1975)
Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (1975–1978), appointed
Bishop of San Rafael and later
Archbishop of Tucumán
Guillermo Leaden, S.D.B. (1975–1992)
Mario José Serra (1975–2002)
José Manuel Lorenzo (1977–1983), appointed
Bishop of San Miguel
Arnaldo Clemente Canale (1977–1990)
Domingo Salvador Castagna (1978–1984), appointed
Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos and later
Archbishop of Corrientes
Luis Héctor Villalba (1984–1991), appointed
Bishop of San Martín and later
Archbishop of Tucumán (elevated to
Cardinal in 2015)
Eduardo Mirás (1984–1993), appointed
Archbishop of Rosario
Rubén 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
Héctor Rubén Aguer (1992–1998), appointed
Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata and later Archbishop of La Plata
Raúl Omar Rossi (1992–2000), appointed
Bishop of San Martín
José Luis Mollaghan (1993–2000), appointed
Bishop of San Miguel and later
Archbishop of Rosario
Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo (1994–2003), appointed
Bishop of San Martín
Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul (1999–2008)
Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2000–2005), appointed
Bishop of Gualeguaychú and later Coadjutor Archbishop and
Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo
Joaquín Mariano Sucunza (2000–present)
José Antonio Gentico (2001–2007)
Eduardo Horacio García (2003–2014), appointed
Bishop of San Justo
Raúl Martín (2006–2013)
Óscar Vicente Ojea (2006–2009), appointed Coadjutor and later
Bishop of San Isidro
Enrique Eguía Seguí (2008–present)
Luis Alberto Fernández 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)
José María Baliña (2015–present)
Gustavo Oscar Carrara (2017–present)
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
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