Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis

Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country Argentina
TerritoryBuenos Aires
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
Statistics
Area78 sq mi (200 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(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
ArchbishopJorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Metropolitan ArchbishopJorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritusMario Aurelio Poli
Map
Website
arzbaires.org.ar

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis) is a

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,

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 :

  • Maronite Eparchy of San Charbel of Buenos Aires
  • Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
    .

History

  • It 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
    Diocese of Paraná
    (now Metropolitan)
  • Elevated on 5 March 1866 to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
  • Lost territories again in 1884 to establish the
    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.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Buenos Aires
  1. Pedro Carranza Salinas,
    O.Carm.
    (1620–1632)
  2. 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,
    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
    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

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. 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

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