Roman Catholic Church in Argentina

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The Roman Catholic Church in Argentina is part of the Roman Catholic Church worldwide .

history

The diocese of Cordoba was founded as early as 1570, which was followed by the establishment of the diocese of Buenos Aires in 1620. After new bishoprics were founded in the 19th century, the Argentine bishoprics were reorganized in 1934, with new church provinces being established.

Pope John Paul II played a key role in pacifying the Beagle conflict of November 1978 and the peace treaty between Argentina and Chile in 1984.

For years, the Argentine Bishops' Conference has not been able to agree on an open discussion of the role of the Church during the military junta in Argentina (1976–1983). The Roman Curia has been reacting to the situation with increased influence for several years, most recently with the appointment of bishops contrary to the wishes of the conservative Argentine Bishops' Conference. In 2007, a Catholic priest was sentenced to life imprisonment for the first time for involvement in crimes during the military dictatorship.

Diplomatic relations between Argentina and the Holy See have existed since the middle of the 19th century, and at the level of an apostolic nunciature since the beginning of the 20th century . The Apostolic Nuncio in Argentina has been Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk since February 2020 .

organization

The Roman Catholic Church in Argentina is represented by the Argentine Bishops' Conference. The church is divided into 14 ecclesiastical provinces with 50 associated suffragan dioceses . There is also an immediate archdiocese and three territorial prelatures.

The largest diocese is the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires , which has 2.5 million Catholics. But there are five other (arch) dioceses that have more than a million Catholics (Cordoba, Lomas de Zamora, Rosario, Mendoza and Quilmes).

92% of Argentines are Catholics, of whom a little less than 20% practice their faith regularly. Today there are 34,480,000 Catholics in Argentina, 89.2% of the population. In the 69 dioceses there are 2,642 parishes, which are looked after by 3,577 diocesan priests, 2,071 religious priests and 9,070 religious women.

In Argentina there are u. a. the Catholic private universities, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina , ( Spanish : Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina - UCA ) in Buenos Aires , the University of the North Saint Thomas Aquinas , (Spanish: Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino - UNSTA ) in San Miguel de Tucumán and the Universidad Católica de La Plata .

The Church jurisdiction is in the first instance by eight interdiocesan dishes exerted (A - Buenos Aires, B - Cordoba, C - La Plata, D - Tucumán, E - Santa Fe, F - Neuquén, G - Corrientes, H - Mendoza), in second instance by a national ecclesiastical court (Tribunal Eclesiástico Nacional).

List of dioceses

President of the Episcopal Conference

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Bishops Thank You" , Vatican Radio, October 6, 2007
  2. ↑ “In a Clamp: The Church in Argentina is grappling with the past” , Herder Korrespondenz, 4/2008
  3. ↑ "Argentina: Serious allegations against the Catholic Church" , Vatican Radio, October 6, 2007
  4. ^ "Priest convicted of the most serious crimes" (tagesschau.de archive), Tagesschau, October 10, 2007
  5. ↑ Arzobispado de Buenos Aires: Tribunales Eclesiasticos ; Map: Diócesis de Neuquén: Finalidad de los Tribunales Eclesiásticos