Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca
| Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Diocesan bishop | Carlos Azpiroz Costa OP |
| Auxiliary bishop | Jorge Luis Wagner |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Guillermo Garlatti |
| Vicar General | Jorge Luis Wagner |
| founding | 1934 |
| surface | 82,625 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 765,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 654,000 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 85.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,761 |
| Permanent deacons | 21 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 36 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 187 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora de la Mercedes |
| Website | http://www.arzobispadobahia.org.ar/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia Diocese of Río Gallegos Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche Diocese of Santa Rosa Diocese of Viedma Territorial Prelature Esquel |
The Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca ( Latin : Archidioecesis Sinus Albi , Spanish : Arquidiócesis de Bahía Blanca ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Argentina . It is based in Bahía Blanca .
history
The archbishopric was founded on April 20, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. separated from the diocese of La Plata , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan . On September 13th of the same year, Leandro Bautista Astelarra, the first bishop was appointed. In 1950 there were 500,000 Catholics (89.3%) in the Archdiocese in 47 parishes with 51 diocesan priests , 46 religious priests and 280 religious sisters . On February 11, 1957, it ceded various areas to establish the dioceses of Mar del Plata and Santa Rosa .
The now 82,634 km² large diocese was on the same day by Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric and metropolitan of the dioceses Alto Valle del Río Negro , Comodoro Rivadavia , Río Gallegos , San Carlos de Bariloche , Santa Rosa and Viedma .
The cathedral is called Nuestra Señora de la Mercedes .
Within the diocese there is a contemplative women's monastery, 43 branches of women's orders and 19 branches of various male orders.
Ordinaries
- Leandro Bautista Astelarra (1934-1943)
- Germiniano Esorto (1946–1972), first archbishop from 1957
- Jorge Mayer (1972-1991)
- Rómulo García (1991-2002)
- Guillermo Garlatti (2003-2017)
- Carlos Azpiroz Costa OP (since 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
