Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz / Sanctæ Fidei Veræ Crucis (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Rafaela, Reconquista

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (sábado de la segunda semana de Pascua), Saint Joseph (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1897.02.15: Established as Diocese of Santa Fe / Sanctæ Fidei in Argentina (Latin) (from Diocese of Paraná and became suffragan of Buenos Aires)
1934.04.20: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe / Sanctæ Fidei in Argentina (Latin) (with suffragan sees Rosario, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán and lost territory to establish Diocese of Rosario)
1939.06.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Resistencia and gained suffragan see Resistencia
1957.02.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Reconquista, lost suffragan sees Santiago del Estero and Tucumán and gained suffragan sees Formosa and Reconquista
1961.04.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rafaela, lost suffragan see Resistencia and gained suffragan see Rafaela
1963.08.12: Lost suffragan see Rosario
1984.02.28: Lost suffragan see Formosa
1992.09.19: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz / Sanctæ Fidei Veræ Crucis (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Av. General López 2720, S3000DCJ, Santa Fe, Argentina

Phone: (0342) 4595791

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.04.17 – ...):	Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (65)
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.08.28 – ...):	Bishop Matías Vecino (45) Titular Bishop of Idicra

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy (65)
(2018.04.17 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Bendito sea Dios

Born:	1959.05.19 (Rosario, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.21

Priest of Rosario (Argentina) (1983.12.02 – 1999.04.03)

Titular Bishop of Satafis (1999.04.03 – 2006.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1999.04.03 – 2006.12.05)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2003 – 2008)

Bishop of San Miguel (Argentina) (2006.12.05 – 2018.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (2018.04.17 – ...)

Archbishop José María Arancedo (83)
(2003.02.13 – 2018.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1940.10.26 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.06

Priest of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1967.12.16 – 1988.03.04)

Titular Bishop of Selemselæ (1988.03.04 – 1991.11.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) (1988.03.04 – 1991.11.19)

Bishop of Mar del Plata (Argentina) (1991.11.19 – 2003.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (2003.02.13 – 2018.04.17)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2008 – 2011.11.08)

President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2011.11.08 – 2017.11.07)

Archbishop Moisés Julio Blanchoud
(Apostolic Administrator 2002.10.01 – 2003.02.13)

Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni
(1992.09.19 – 2002.10.01)

Born:	1936.04.06 (Santa Fe, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.25
Died:	2012.02.20 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Croæ (1977.01.04 – 1984.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1977.01.04 – 1984.08.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1984.08.28 – 1992.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (1992.09.19 – 2002.10.01)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santa Fe (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni
(1984.08.28 – 1992.09.19)

(see above)

Archbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe
(1969.08.13 – 1984.01.24)

Christus rex

Born:	1920.02.15 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1948.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.03
Died:	1984.01.24 († 63)

Bishop of Rafaela (Argentina) (1961.06.12 – 1968.08.03)

Titular Archbishop of Aquaviva (1968.08.03 – 1969.08.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1968.08.03 – 1969.08.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1969.08.13 – 1984.01.24)

Cardinal Nicolás Fasolino
(1934.04.20 – 1969.08.13)

Fratribus meis nomen tuum narrabo

Born:	1887.01.03 (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1909.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.12.21
Created Cardinal:	1967.06.26
Died:	1969.08.13 (Santa Fe, Argentina † 82)

Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1932.10.20 – 1934.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1934.04.20 – 1969.08.13)

Cardinal-Priest of Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires (1967.06.29 – 1969.08.13)

Bishops of Santa Fe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Nicolás Fasolino (later Cardinal)
(1932.10.20 – 1934.04.20)

(see above)

Bishop Juan Agustín Boneo
(1898.02.07 – 1932.06.17)

Born:	1845.06.13 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1868.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.10.22
Died:	1932.06.17 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Arsinoë (1893.06.15 – 1898.02.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1893.06.15 – 1898.02.07)

Bishop of Santa Fe (Argentina) (1898.02.07 – 1932.06.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Vicente Faustino Zazpe (1968.08.03 – 1969.08.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni (later Archbishop) (1977.01.04 – 1984.08.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Enrique Principe (1957.11.28 – 1974.10.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Manuel Marengo (1950.02.20 – 1956.09.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicolás De Carlo (1936.12.20 – 1940.08.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael Canale Oberti (1921.11.25 – 1956.11.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Todos los Santos, Santa Fe, Santa Fe
Minor Basilica: Basílica de la Natividad de la Santísima Virgen, Esperanza, Santa Fe
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, Santa Fe
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Santa Fe, Santa Fe
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (95)

Villa María (↙), San Francisco (↙), Rafaela (←), Reconquista (↑), Paraná (↘), Rosario (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 30,701 km²

Population: 748,700 Catholics (79.5% of 941,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 96 parishes, 580 missions

Personnel: 120 priests (97 diocesan, 23 religious), 18 deacons, 115 religious (31 brothers, 84 sisters), 13 seminarians