Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán


































































Archdiocese of Tucumán


Archidioecesis Tucumanensis

Arquidiócesis de Tucumán



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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation

Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical province Tucumán
Statistics
Area 10,996 km2 (4,246 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,112,000
1,034,201 (93%)
Parishes 47
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 15 February 1897 (121 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation in San Miguel de Tucumán
Patron saint
Virgin of Mercy
St Jude the Apostle
St Simon the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Carlos Alberto Sánchez
Emeritus Bishops
Luis Héctor Villalba, Alfredo Zecca
Website
www.arztucuman.org.ar

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán (Latin: Archidioecesis Tucumanensis) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Añatuya, Concepción and Santiago del Estero.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Ordinaries


  • 3 Territorial losses


  • 4 References





History


On 15 February 1897 Pope Leo XIII founded the Diocese of Tucumán from territory taken from the Diocese of Salta. Pope Pius XII elevated it to an archdiocese on 11 February 1957. It lost territory to the Diocese of Concepción when it was created in 1963.[1][2]



Ordinaries




  • Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1744–1762)


  • Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1898–1921)


  • Barnabé Piedrabuena (1923–1928)


  • Agustín Barrere, F.M.I. (1930–1952)


  • Juan Carlos Aramburu (1953–1967)


  • Blas Victorio Conrero (1968–1982)


  • Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (1983–1993)


  • Raúl Arsenio Casado (1994–1999)


  • Luis Héctor Villalba (1999–2011) (Cardinal in 2015)


  • Alfredo Zecca (2011–2017)


  • Carlos Alberto Sánchez (2017–present)



Territorial losses













Year Along with To form
1963 Diocese of Concepción


References









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  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Tucumán". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-03-27.



Coordinates: 26°49′54″S 65°12′13″W / 26.8316°S 65.2035°W / -26.8316; -65.2035








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