Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Buenos Aires | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Territory | Buenos Aires |
Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
Statistics | |
Area | 78 sq mi (200 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 2,917,000 2,671,000 (91.6%) |
Parishes | 186 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 6 April 1620 |
Cathedral | Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral |
Patron saint | Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire |
Secular priests | 471 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva |
Auxiliary Bishops | |
Bishops emeritus | Mario Aurelio Poli |
Map | |
Website | |
arzbaires.org.ar |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.
The Metropolitan Archbishopric of Buenos Aires was the Primatial see (protocollary first-rank) of Argentina,[1][2][3] although the incumbent Metropolitan may be outranked by Cardinals or more senior ones. On 13 March 2013, Cardinal Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope, taking the name of Francis. On 22 July 2024, the primatial see of Argentina was transferred to the Archdiocese of Santiago del Estero .[4] The current archbishop, since 26 May 2023, is Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva.