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Metropolitan see La Plata, Argentina

Archdiocese of La Plata

Platen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in La Plata, Argentina.

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Established
1897
Catholics
637,500
Priests
129
Territory
4,652 km²

Parishes and churches

76 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Gustavo Oscar Carrara
Born
24 May 1973
Birthplace
Buenos Aires

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in La Plata, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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