Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo
Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo) is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.
Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Cuyo | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | San Juan de Cuyo |
Statistics | |
Area | 89,651 km2 (34,614 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 664,000 608,000 (91.6%) |
Parishes | 41 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1826 (197–198 years ago) |
Cathedral | San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral |
Patron saint | St John the Baptist St Clement I |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfonso Delgado Evers |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
Its archiepiscopal seat is San Juan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Juan Bautista), dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, in San Juan, Argentina. The city also has a minor basilica: the Basílica di Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, or the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 638,183 Catholics (91.0% of 701,000 total) on 89,615 km² in 43 parishes and 216 missions with 96 priests (80 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons, 85 lay religious (17 brothers, 68 sisters) and 21 seminarians.
The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are :
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