Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek in Buenos Aires
| Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek in Buenos Aires | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Rite church | Armenian Catholic Church |
| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Pablo Hakimian |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Vartán Waldir Boghossian SDS |
| founding | 1989 |
| surface | 2,780,400 km² |
| Parishes | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 44,293,293 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 16,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 16,000 |
| rite | Armenian rite |
| Liturgical language | Armenian |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora de Narek |
The eparchy San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires ( Latin Eparchia Sancti Gregorii Narekiani bonaerensis Armenorum , span. : Eparquía San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires de los armenios ) is in Argentina located Eparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church , based in Buenos Aires .
history
The Eparchy of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires was established on February 18, 1989 by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Cum Christifideles ritus Armeni in Republica Argentina from the Apostolic Exarchate Latin America and Mexico . The eparchy is immediate . The first bishop of the eparchy was Vartán Waldir Boghossian SDB .