Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Bonaerensis) is one of thirteen Latin Metropolitan archdioceses of the Catholic Church in Argentina, South America.

Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Archidioecesis Bonaerensis

Arquidiócesis de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country Argentina
TerritoryBuenos Aires
Ecclesiastical provinceBuenos Aires
MetropolitanBuenos Aires
Statistics
Area78 sq mi (200 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2012)
2,917,000
2,671,000 (91.6%)
Parishes186
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established6 April 1620
CathedralBuenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Patron saintNuestra Señora del Buen Aire
Secular priests471
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopMario Poli
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
www.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 :

  • 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 Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo (now Metropolitan) and again on 13 June 1859 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 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

(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...
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