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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)

By Type (73)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (14)

Archiepiscopal Sees (Archdioceses) Archdiocese (1)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (51)

Territorial Prelatures Territorial Prelature (4)

Apostolic Exarchates Apostolic Exarchate (1)

Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite Ordinariate (1)

Military Ordinariates Military Ordinariate (1)


By Rite

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 Archbishop Mirosław Adamczyk (62)

Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal Argentina (C.E.A.) Archbishop Marcelo Daniel Colombo (63)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.) Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (64)

CardinalsCardinals (4 electors/8 total)

Cardinal Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (72)Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (72)

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. (97)Luis Pascual Dri, O.F.M. Cap. (97)

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández (62)Victor Manuel Fernández (62)

Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic (98)Estanislao Esteban Karlic (98)

Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli (77)Mario Aurelio Poli (77)

Cardinal Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. (66)Ángel Sixto Rossi, S.J. (66)

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri (81)Leonardo Sandri (81)

Cardinal Luis Héctor Villalba (90)Luis Héctor Villalba (90)

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Cathedrals Cathedrals (74)

Basilicas Basilicas (51)

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Roman-Rite Church Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Luján (May 8)

Saints: 5 Saints, 16 Blesseds

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Geography

Continent: South America

Capital: Buenos Aires

Area: 2,736,690 km²

Population: 44,293,293

Neighbouring Countries: Chile Chile, ↑ Bolivia Bolivia, ↗ Paraguay Paraguay, ↗ Brazil Brazil, → Uruguay Uruguay, ↘ Falkland Islands Falkland Islands, ↘ South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Cultural Summary

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)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

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

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Last updated on 2024.12.21

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