Ordinariate of Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en Argentina, Argentina 🇦🇷 (Eastern Rite)

Continent: South America

Rite: Eastern

Type: Ordinariate

Name: Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en Argentina (español) / Argentina (English) / Argentinæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1959.02.19: Established as Ordinariate of Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en Argentina (español) / Argentina (English) / Argentinæ (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Avda. Rivadavia 415, C1002AAC, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone: (011) 4343-0812

Present Prelates

Ordinary (2023.11.28 – ...):

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en Argentina (Eastern Rite)

Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (57)
(2023.11.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina)
Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina)
Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

No apartes tu rostro del pobre

Born:	1968.04.12 (Río Gallegos, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1997.10.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.03.03

Priest of San Isidro (Argentina) (1997.10.24 – 2017.11.20)

Titular Bishop of Lacubaza (2017.11.20 – 2019.01.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (2017.11.20 – 2019.01.03)

Bishop of Río Gallegos (Argentina) (2019.01.03 – 2023.05.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2023.05.26 – ...)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (2023.05.26 – ...)

Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) (2023.11.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires of the Armenians (Argentina) (2026.03.02 – ...)

Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli (78)
(2013.05.04 – 2023.11.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ordinary emeritus of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina)

Concédeme Señor un corazón que escuche

Born:	1947.11.29 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1978.11.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.20
Created Cardinal:	2014.02.22

Priest of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1978.11.25 – 2002.02.08)

Titular Bishop of Abidda (2002.02.08 – 2008.06.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2002.02.08 – 2008.06.24)

Bishop of Santa Rosa (Argentina) (2008.06.24 – 2013.03.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2013.03.28 – 2023.05.26)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (2013.03.28 – 2023.05.26)

Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) (2013.05.04 – 2023.11.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (2014.02.22 [2014.02.23] – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2014.11.11 – 2021.11.09)

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. (later Pope Francis)
(1998.11.06 – 2013.03.13)

Miserando atque eligendo

Born:	1936.12.17 (Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.06.27
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Elected as Supreme Pontiff:	2013.03.13
Installed as Supreme Pontiff:	2013.03.19
Died:	2025.04.21 (Vatican City State † 88)

Priest of Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1969.12.13 – 1992.05.20)

Titular Bishop of Auca (1992.05.20 – 1997.06.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1992.05.20 – 1997.06.03)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1997.06.03 – 1998.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1998.02.28 – 2013.03.13)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (1998.02.28 – 2013.03.13)

Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina) (1998.11.06 – 2013.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (2001.02.21 [2001.10.14] – 2013.03.13)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2002 – 2005)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2005.11.08 – 2011.11.08)

Supreme Pontiff (2013.03.13 [2013.03.19] – 2025.04.21)

Prefect of Dicastery for Evangelisation (2022.06.05 – 2025.04.21)

Cardinal Antonio Quarracino
(1990.11.20 – 1998.02.28)

Ipsi gloria

Born:	1923.08.08 (Pollica, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.04.08
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28
Died:	1998.02.28 (Buenos Aires, Argentina † 74)