Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
Bonaëren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires is the primatial Latin rite see of Argentina, erected as a diocese in 1620 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1866. Its seat is the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, and it was led by Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) before his 2013 election.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 April 1620
- Latin
- Bonaëren(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire
- Annuario code
- 001000972
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,700,000
- Population
- 2,917,000
- Catholic share
- 92.6%
- Priests
- 471
- Catholics per priest
- 5,732
- Extent
- 202 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13,366
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
- Born
- 12 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Río Gallegos
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral stands in Buenos Aires, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Buenos Aires
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Avellaneda–LanúsAvellaneda–Lanús
- Diocese of Gregorio de LaferrereGregorio de Laferrere
- Diocese of Lomas de ZamoraLomas de Zamora
- Diocese of MorónMorón
- Diocese of QuilmesQuilmes
- Diocese of San Charbel en Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
- Diocese of San IsidroSan Isidro
- Diocese of San JustoSan Justo
- Diocese of San MartínSan Martín
- Diocese of San MiguelSan Miguel
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].