Catholic ChurchinArgentine Republic (Argentina) |
Also known as: l’Argentine (français), Argentina (Deutsch, español, Italiano, Português, latine), Argentyna (polski), 阿根廷 (正體中文), アルゼンチン (日本語)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (14)
Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses) (1)
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (51)
Roman Rite (68): Alto Valle del Río Negro, Añatuya, Avellaneda–Lanús, Azul, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Cafayate, Catamarca, Chascomús, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepción, Concordia, Córdoba, Corrientes, Cruz del Eje, Deán Funes, Esquel, Formosa, Goya, Gregorio de Laferrere, Gualeguaychú, Humahuaca, Jujuy, La Plata, La Rioja, Lomas de Zamora, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Mercedes–Luján, Merlo–Moreno, Morón, Neuquén, Nueve de Julio, Oberá, Obispado Castrense de la Argentina, Orán, Paraná, Posadas, Puerto Iguazú, Quilmes, Rafaela, Rawson, Reconquista, Resistencia, Río Cuarto, Río Gallegos, Rosario, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Francisco, San Isidro, San Juan de Cuyo, San Justo, San Luis, San Martín, San Miguel, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, San Rafael, San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Santa Rosa, Santiago del Estero, Santo Tomé, Tucumán, Venado Tuerto, Viedma, Villa María, Zárate–Campana
Armenian Church (1): San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires
Greek-Melkite Church (1): Argentina
Maronite Church (1): San Charbel en Buenos Aires
Ukrainian Church (1): Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en Argentina
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Apostolic Nunciature: Argentina
Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal Argentina (C.E.A.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.)
Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (72)
Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. (97)
Estanislao Esteban Karlic (98)
Mario Aurelio Poli (77)
Leonardo Sandri (81)
Luis Héctor Villalba (90)
Continent: South America
Capital: Buenos Aires
Area: 2,736,690 km²
Population: 44,293,293
Neighbouring Countries: ← Chile , ↑ Bolivia , ↗ Paraguay , ↗ Brazil , → Uruguay , ↘ Falkland Islands , ↘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
Languages: Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)
Ethnic Groups: European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian ancestry) 97.2%, Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4%
Motto: En Unión y Libertad (Spanish) (In Union and Liberty)
Area: 2,780,400 km²
Catholic Population: 42,015,000 Catholics (91.7% of 45,809,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 2,890 parishes, 480 mission stations (4 with resident priest, 476 without resident priest), 7,066 other centres
Clergy: 140 bishops (69 diocesan, 71 titular), 5,422 priests (3,879 diocesan, 1,543 religious), 1,118 permanent deacons (1,111 diocesan, 7 religious)
Non-Clergy: 7,023 religious (549 brothers, 6,474 sisters), 571 members of secular institutes (23 brothers, 548 sisters), 1,020 major seminarians, 21,938 missionaries, 87,848 catechists
Last updated on 2024.12.21
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