Archdiocese of Tucumán
Tucumanen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tucumán, Argentina
Metropolitan archdiocese in northwestern Argentina, erected as a diocese on 15 February 1897 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 11 February 1957. Its suffragan sees include Anatuya, Concepcion, and Santiago del Estero. Led by Archbishop Carlos Alberto Sanchez since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 1897
- Latin
- Tucumanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mercy, St. Jude the Apostle, and St. Simon the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001000009
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,034,201
- Population
- 1,112,000
- Catholic share
- 93.0%
- Priests
- 142
- Catholics per priest
- 7,283
- Extent
- 10,996 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 94
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
- Carlos Alberto Sánchez
- Born
- 24 April 1963
- Birthplace
- San Miguel de Tucumán
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 Our Lady of the Incarnation stands in Tucumán, 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 Tucumán
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ConcepciónConcepción
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see in Argentina, the Archdiocese of Tucumán (Latin: Archidioecesis Tucumanensis) counts among its suffragans the sees of Añatuya, Concepción and Santiago del Estero.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Arzobispado, Av. Sarmiento 895, t4000gti San Miguel de Tucumán [Tucumán], Argentina
- Telephone
- e fax [0381]431.06.17
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].