Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

History

• 1910: Established as Catholic University of Buenos Aires (English) / Universidad Católica de Buenos Aires (español)
• 1922: Suppressed
• 1958.03.07: Restored as Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (English) / Päpstliche Katholische Universität von Argentinien (Deutsch) / Pontificia Universidad Católica S. María de los Buenos Aires (español) / Université catholique argentine (français) / Pontificia Università Cattolica Argentina (Italiano) / Universidade Católica Argentina (Português)

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Present Officials

Rector (2018.04.23 [2018.04.25] – ...):	Prof. Miguel Ángel Schiavone (72)
Grand Chancellor (2023.05.26 – ...):	Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (58) 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)

Past Officials Rector: Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández (63) (later Cardinal) (2011.05 – 2018.04.23) Rector: Msgr. Alfredo Horacio Zecca (later Archbishop) (1999.11.09 – 2009.12) Rector: Fr. Domingo Basso, O.P. (1994 – 1999) Rector: Msgr. Guillermo Pedro Blanco (1980 – 1994) Rector: Bishop Octavio Nicolás Derisi (later Archbishop) (1958.03.07 – 1980) Grand Chancellor: Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli (78) (2013.03.28 – 2023.05.26) Grand Chancellor: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. (later Pope Francis) (1998.02.28 – 2013.03.13)

Last updated on 2026.04.29

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