Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
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Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Archidioecesis Bonaerensis Arquidiócesis de Buenos Aires |
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Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Territory | Buenos Aires |
| Ecclesiastical province | Buenos Aires |
| Metropolitan | Buenos Aires |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 78 sq mi (200 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 2,917,000 2,671,000 (91.6%) |
| Parishes | 186 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6 April 1620 |
| Cathedral | Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire |
| Secular priests | 471 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Mario Poli |
| Auxiliary Bishops | |
| Emeritus Bishops | |
| Website | |
| www.arzbaires.org.ar | |
The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Bonaerensis) is one of thirteen Latin Metropolitan archdioceses of the Catholic Church in Argentina, South America.
The Archbishopric of Buenos Aires is the Primatial see (protocollary first-rank) of Argentina, although the incumbent Metropolitan may be outranked by Cardinals or more senior ones. On 13 March 2013, then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope, under the name of Francis. The current archbishop, since 28 March 2013, is Mario Aurelio Poli, appointed by Pope Francis to succeed him as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
As per 2014, the Archdiocese pastorally served 2,721,000 Catholics (91.6% of 2,971,000 total) on an area of 205 km² in 186 parishes and 183 missions with 783 priests (456 diocesan, 327 religious), 11 deacons, 1,915 lay religious (477 brothers, 1,438 sisters) and 53 seminarians. It is divided into the four zonal vicaries - Flores, Devoto, Belgrano and Centro - which are further subdivided into 20 deaconates.
The archdiocese has eleven suffragan sees, of which nine are Latin:
It also has two Eastern Catholic suffragans :
(all Roman Rite)
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