Archdiocese of Mendoza

	Archdiocese of Mendoza
Basic data
Country	Argentina
Diocesan bishop	Marcelo Daniel Colombo
Auxiliary bishop	Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli
Emeritus diocesan bishop	José María Arancibia
founding	1934
surface	63,839 km²
Dean's offices	8 (2.1.2009)
Parishes	66 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Residents	1,250,000 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Catholics	1,086,000 (2013 / AP 2014 )
proportion of	86.9%
Diocesan priest	88 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Religious priest	69 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Catholics per priest	6,917
Permanent deacons	61 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Friars	79 (2013 / AP 2014 )
Religious sisters	191 (2013 / AP 2014 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	Nuestra Señora de Loreto
Website	www.arquimendoza.org.ar
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Neuquén ; Diocese of San Rafael

Catedral Nuestra Señora de Loreto in Mendoza

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza ( lat. : Archidioecesis Mendozensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Mendoza ) is an in Argentina situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Mendoza .

history

The diocese of Mendoza was founded on April 20, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. built with the Papal Bull Nobilis Argentinae Nationis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On April 10, 1961, the diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the diocese of San Rafael . At the same time the diocese of Mendoza was by Pope John XXIII. raised to the archbishopric with the suffragan dioceses San Rafael and Neuquén .

Bishops

Bishops of Mendoza

José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas , 1934–1940
Alfonso María Buteler , 1940–1961

Archbishops of Mendoza

Alfonso María Buteler, 1961–1973
Olimpo Santiago Maresma , 1974-1979
Cándido Genaro Rubiolo , 1979-1996
José María Arancibia , 1996–2012
Carlos María Franzini , 2012–2017
Marcelo Daniel Colombo , since 2018

Web links

Entry on Archdiocese of Mendoza on catholic-hierarchy.org

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