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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of San Juan De Cuyo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo) is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.

Its archiepiscopal seat is San Juan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Juan Bautista), dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, in San Juan, Argentina. The city also has a minor basilica: the Basílica di Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, or the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 638,183 Catholics (91.0% of 701,000 total) on 89,615 km² in 43 parishes and 216 missions with 96 priests (80 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons, 85 lay religious (17 brothers, 68 sisters) and 21 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are :

Bishops

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar of San Juan de Cuyo
  1. Justo Santa María de Oro, O.P. (O.P.) (1828-1834)
Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo
  1. Justo Santa María de Oro, O.P. (1834-1836)
  2. José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento (1837-1852)
  3. Nicolás Aldazor, O.F.M. (1858-1866)
  4. Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. (1867-1898)
  5. Marcellino Benavente, O.P. (1899-1910)
  6. José Américo Orzali (1911-1934)
Archbishops of San Juan de Cuyo
  1. José Américo Orzali (1934-1939)
  2. Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1939-1965)
  3. Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. (1966-1980)
  4. Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1980-2000)
  5. Alfonso Delgado Evers (2000-2017)
  6. Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2017-present)

Coadjutor archbishop

Auxiliary Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

References

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