Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis

Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
Facade BA Metropolitan Church.jpg
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Territory Buenos Aires
Ecclesiastical province Buenos Aires
Statistics
Area78 sq mi (200 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
2,917,000
2,671,000 (91.6%)
Parishes186
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established6 April 1620
Cathedral Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Patron saintNuestra Señora del Buen Aire
Secular priests 471
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Metropolitan Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus Mario Aurelio Poli
Map
Arquidiocesis de Buenos Aires.svg
Website
arzbaires.org.ar

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.

Contents

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 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

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
  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 Bergoglio, S.J. (1998–2013), elected Pope Francis
  12. Cardinal Mario Poli (2013–2023)
  13. Jorge García Cuerva (2023–present)

Coadjutor archbishops

Auxiliary Bishops of Buenos Aires

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

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References

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  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...