Archdiocese of Cordoba
Archdiocese of Cordoba
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Country | Argentina |
Diocesan bishop | Carlos José Ñáñez |
Auxiliary bishop |
Pedro Javier Torres Ricardo Orlando Seirutti |
surface | 19,722 km² |
Parishes | 114 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 2,200,620 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 1,930,723 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 87.7% |
Diocesan priest | 152 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 162 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 6,149 |
Permanent deacons | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 321 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 660 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Cordoba Cathedral, Argentina |
address | Arzobispado Avda. Hipolito Irigoyen 98 X5000JHN Cordoba Argentina |
Website | arzobispadocba.org.ar |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Cruz del Eje Diocese of San Francisco Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto Diocese of Villa María Territorial Prelature Deán Funes |
The Archdiocese of Córdoba ( Latin : Archidioecesis Cordubensis in Argentina , Spanish : Arquidiócesis de Córdoba ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Córdoba in Argentina .
history
Under Pope Pius V , the diocese of Cordoba (Tucumán) was founded on May 10, 1570 from the diocese of Santiago de Chile . The first bishop was the Spanish Franciscan Jerónimo Albornoz (1530–1574). In 1806 the Diocese of Salta , archbishopric since 1934, was spun off; 1926 the Vicariate of San Juan de Cuyo , diocese since 1834 / archbishopric since 1934. On April 20, 1934, Pope Pius XI. the elevation to the archbishopric , the first archbishop was Fermín Emilio Lafitte (1888-1959). The suffragan diocese of Cruz del Eje (1963), diocese of San Francisco (1961), diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto (1934), diocese of Villa María (1957) and the territorial prelature Deán Funes (1980).
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Córdoba on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Website of the Archdiocese of Córdoba (Spanish)