Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Mercedes–Luján / Merceden(sis)–Luianen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Merlo–Moreno, Nueve de Julio, Zárate–Campana
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (September 24), Nuestra Señora de Lujan (May 8)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 19 (1921)
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Address: Calle 22, N° 745, B66OOHDU, Mercedes, Argentina
Phone: (02324) 432412
Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.10.04 – ...): | Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Scheinig (65) |
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.08.09 – ...): | Bishop Mauricio Alberto Landra (52) Titular Bishop of Trisipa |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Mercedes–Luján (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Scheinig (65) Metropolitan Archbishop of Mercedes–Luján (Argentina)
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Archbishops of Mercedes–Luján (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B.
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Archbishop Rubén Héctor di Monte
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Archbishop Emilio Ogñénovich
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Bishops of Mercedes–Luján (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Emilio Ogñénovich (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishops of Mercedes (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Emilio Ogñénovich (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Luis Juan Tomé
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Bishop Anunciado Serafini
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Bishop Juan Pascual Chimento (later Archbishop)
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Area: 19,330 km²
Population: 803,700 Catholics (96.3% of 835,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes, 70 missions
Personnel: 101 priests (80 diocesan, 21 religious), 11 deacons, 137 religious (26 brothers, 111 sisters), 14 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.08.13
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