Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo
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Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo
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| Country | Argentina |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Eduardo Lozano |
| Auxiliary bishop | Carlos María Domínguez OAR |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alfonso Delgado Evers |
| founding | 1826 |
| surface | 89,615 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 723,780 ( 12/31/2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 667,800 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 92.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 72 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,420 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 18 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 63 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Juan Bautista ( John the Baptist ) |
| Website | http://www.iglesiasanjuancuyo.org.ar/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of La Rioja Diocese of San Luis |
The Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo ( lat. : Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo , span. : Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Cuyo ) is in Argentina situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in San Juan .
history
The Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo was founded in 1826 by Pope Leo XII. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Córdoba as the Apostolic Vicariate of San Juan de Cuyo . On September 19, 1834, the Vicariate Apostolic San Juan de Cuyo by Pope Gregory XVI. raised to the diocese with the papal bull Ineffabili Dei Providentia . On April 20, 1934, the diocese of San Juan de Cuyo gave parts of its territory to establish the dioceses of Mendoza and San Luis .
On April 20, 1934, the diocese of San Juan de Cuyo by Pope Pius XI. elevated to an archbishopric with the papal bull Nobilis Argentinae Nationis .
Ordinaries of San Juan de Cuyo
Vicars Apostolic
- Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín OP , 1828-1834
Bishops
- Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín OP, 1834-1836
- José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento , 1837-1852
- Nicolás Aldazor OFM , 1858–1866
- Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina OFM, 1867–1898
- Marcellino Benavente OP, 1899-1910
- José Américo Orzali , 1911–1934
Archbishops
- José Américo Orzali, 1934–1939
- Audino Rodríguez y Olmos , 1939-1965
- Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla OFMCap , 1966–1980
- Ítalo Severino Di Stefano , 1980-2000
- Alfonso Delgado Evers , 2000-2017
- Jorge Eduardo Lozano , since 2017
