The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo) is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.
Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Cuyo | |
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.jpg) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist | |
| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Juan de Cuyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 89,651 km2 (34,614 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 664,000 608,000 (91.6%) |
| Parishes | 41 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1826 (197–198 years ago) |
| Cathedral | San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral |
| Patron saint | St John the Baptist St Clement I |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfonso Delgado Evers |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
Its archiepiscopal seat is San Juan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Juan Bautista), dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, in San Juan, Argentina. The city also has a minor basilica: the Basílica di Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, or the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken.
History
edit- In 1826 Pope Leo XII founded the see as the Apostolic Vicariate of San Juan de Cuyo on territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán.[1]
- Pope Gregory XVI elevated it to a diocese on 19 September 1834.
- On 20 April 1934 it was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo / Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo (Latin) by Pope Pius XI . On the same date it lost territory to create the dioceses of Mendoza and the suffragan Diocese of San Luis.
Statistics
editAs per 2014, it pastorally served 638,183 Catholics (91.0% of 701,000 total) on 89,615 km² in 43 parishes and 216 missions with 96 priests (80 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons, 85 lay religious (17 brothers, 68 sisters) and 21 seminarians.
Ecclesiastical province
editThe Metropolitan's suffragan sees are :
Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- Apostolic Vicar of San Juan de Cuyo
- Justo Santa María de Oro, O.P. (O.P.) (1828-1834)
- Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo
- Justo Santa María de Oro, O.P. (1834-1836)
- José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento (1837-1852)
- Nicolás Aldazor, O.F.M. (1858-1866)
- Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. (1867-1898)
- Marcellino Benavente, O.P. (1899-1910)
- José Américo Orzali (1911-1934)
- Archbishops of San Juan de Cuyo
- José Américo Orzali (1934-1939)
- Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1939-1965)
- Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. (1966-1980)
- Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1980-2000)
- Alfonso Delgado Evers (2000-2017)
- Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2017-present)
Coadjutor archbishop
edit- Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2016-2017)
Auxiliary Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo
edit- José Hilarión de Etura y Cevallos (Ceballos), O.P. (1839-1849)
- José Benito Salvador de la Reta, O.F.M. (1881-1897)
- Juan José Marcos Zapata (1913-1951)
- Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia (1960-1961)
- Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. (1962-1966), appointed Archbishop here
- Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. (2019-)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
edit- Silvino Martínez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario in 1946
- Enrique Pechuán Marín, appointed Bishop of Cruz del Eje in 1963