Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
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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.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Buenos Aires | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Territory | Buenos Aires |
Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
Statistics | |
Area | 78 sq mi (200 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 2,917,000 2,671,000 (91.6%) |
Parishes | 186 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 6 April 1620 |
Cathedral | Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral |
Patron saint | Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire |
Secular priests | 471 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
Auxiliary Bishops |
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Bishops emeritus | Mario Aurelio Poli |
Map | |
Website | |
arzbaires.org.ar |
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.