Archdiocese of Tucumán
| Archdiocese of Tucumán | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Argentina |
| Diocesan bishop | Carlos Alberto Sánchez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Luis Héctor Cardinal Villalba Alfredo Zecca |
| founding | 1897 |
| surface | 10,996 km² |
| Parishes | 48 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,135,183 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 1,000,097 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 88.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 92 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 46 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,247 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 65 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 112 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Website | www.arztucuman.org.ar |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Añatuya Diocese of Concepción Diocese of Santiago del Estero |
The Archdiocese of Tucumán (Latin Archidioecesis Tucumanensis , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Tucumán ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina .
history
Today's Archdiocese of Tucumán was founded on February 15, 1897 by Pope Leo XIII. taken out of the territory of the diocese of Salta and established as an independent diocese . On February 11, 1957, it was approved by Pope Pius XII. raised to the archbishopric and received the dioceses of Añatuya , Concepción and Santiago del Estero as suffragans . The later Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu became the first Archbishop .
The archdiocese of 10,679 km² had 550,000 Catholics in 1966.
Bishops of Tucumán
Bishops
- Pablo Padilla y Bárcena , 1898–1921
- Barnabé Piedrabuena , 1923-1928
- Augstín Barrere FMI , 1930-1952
- Juan Carlos Aramburu , 1953-1957
Archbishops
- Juan Carlos Aramburu, 1957–1967, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires
- Blas Victorio Conrero , 1968–1982
- Horacio Alberto Bózzoli , 1983–1993
- Raúl Arsenio Casado , 1994-1999
- Luis Héctor Villalba , 1999-2011
- Alfredo Zecca , 2011–2017
- Carlos Alberto Sánchez , since 2017
See also
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses , List of Catholic Men's Orders , List of Catholic Women's Orders
- Tucumán Province , San Miguel de Tucumán