Ordinariate for the Byzantine Believers in Argentina
| Ordinariate for the Byzantine Believers in Argentina | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Argentina |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Full professor | Mario Aurelio Poli |
| Vicar General | Jorge Rodé |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 2,780,951 km² |
| Parishes | 1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 40,518,425 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 2,000 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,000 |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language |
Church Slavonic Spanish |
| address | Av. Rivadavia 415, 1002 Buenos Aires |
The Ordinariate for Byzantine Believers in Argentina ( Latin Ordinariatus Argentinae ) with its seat in Buenos Aires is responsible for the episcopal direction and jurisdiction over all Catholic Christians of the Byzantine Rite in Argentina , i.e. for immigrant members of the Uniate Byzantine Eastern Churches and their descendants.
history
Pope John XXIII founded it on February 19, 1959.
Some United Churches formed their own jurisdiction in Argentina .
Ordinaries
- Antonio Caggiano (August 15, 1959– April 21, 1975)
- Juan Carlos Aramburu (April 21, 1975 - October 30, 1990)
- Antonio Quarracino (October 30, 1990 - February 28, 1998)
- Jorge Mario Bergoglio SJ (November 6, 1998 - March 13, 2013)
- Mario Aurelio Poli , since May 4, 2013
Web links
- Data from the Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina (AICA) website (Spanish)
- Entry for Ordinariate of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Eastern Ordinariate of Argentina on gcatholic.org (English)