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 Argentina (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 Angel Schiavone (71)
Grand Chancellor (2023.05.26 – ...):	Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (56) Metropolitan Archbishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Ordinary of Argentina of the Eastern Rite (Argentina)

Past Officials Rector: Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández (62) (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 (77) (2013.03.28 – 2023.05.26) Grand Chancellor: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. (87) (later Pope Francis) (1998.02.28 – 2013.03.13)

Last updated on 2024.12.16

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