Archdiocese of La Plata
Platen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · La Plata, Argentina
Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata in Buenos Aires Province, erected as a diocese in 1897 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1934. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Azul, Chascomus, and Mar del Plata. Archbishop Gustavo Oscar Carrara was appointed in November 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 1897
- Latin
- Platen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001955
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 637,500
- Population
- 750,000
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 129
- Catholics per priest
- 4,942
- Extent
- 4,652 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 137
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
- Gustavo Oscar Carrara
- Born
- 24 May 1973
- Birthplace
- Buenos Aires
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in La Plata, 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 La Plata
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AzulAzul
- Diocese of ChascomúsChascomús
- Diocese of Mar del PlataMar del Plata
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].