Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Cuyo | |
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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 |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo) is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.
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.