Roman Catholic 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 an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church based on the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Its mother church is the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. 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.
The territory of the Archdiocese has an area of 203 km² and a population of 2,729,610 (2005), of which around 2.5 million are Catholic, served by 182 parishes. It is divided into the four zonal vicaries of Flores, Devoto, Belgrano, and Centro which are further subdivided into 20 deaconates.
The archdiocese has 11 suffragans, corresponding to the dioceses of Avellaneda-Lanús, Gregorio de Laferrere, Lomas de Zamora, Merlo-Moreno, Morón, San Charbel of Buenos Aires (Maronite), San Isidro, San Justo, San Martín, San Miguel, and Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian).
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