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Diocese of Bahía Blanca
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Bahía Blanca is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in southern Buenos Aires province, Argentina, erected as a diocese in 1934 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1957. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province covering Patagonia, with its seat at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy.
- Archbishop
- Most Rev. Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.
- Latin name
- Sinus Albi
- Erected
- 20 April 1934
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mercy
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Bahía Blanca
- Catholics
- 635,000
- Chancery
- Arzobispado, Avenida Colón 164, b8000fto Bahía Blanca [Buenos Aires], Argentina
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [0291]455.07.07
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Viedma 240 km
- Diocese of Santa Rosa 293 km
- Diocese of Azul 302 km
- Diocese of Nueve de Julio 385 km
- Diocese of Mar del Plata 419 km
- Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro 460 km
Parishes near the see
- Inmaculado Corazón de María · Bahía Blanca <1 km
- Nuestra Señora de Lourdes · Bahía Blanca <1 km
- Nuestra Señora de Luján · Bahía Blanca <1 km
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen · Bahía Blanca <1 km
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Pompeya · Bahía Blanca <1 km
- San Antonio de Padua · Bahía Blanca <1 km
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Sources: official site + Wikipedia · Annuario code 001000790 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08