Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca (Archidioecesis Sinus Albi) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church with an ecclesiastical province in the eastern region of the national capital's province of Buenos Aires, central Argentina.

Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

Archidioecesis Sinus Albi

Arquidiócesis de Bahía Blanca
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy
Location
Country Argentina
Ecclesiastical provinceBahía Blanca
Statistics
Area82,634 sq mi (214,020 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
743,000
635,000 (85.5%)
Parishes56
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 April 1934 (90 years ago)
CathedralOur Lady of Mercy Cathedral in Bahía Blanca
Patron saintVirgin of Mercy
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopCarlos Azpiroz Costa, OP
Map
Website
arzobispadobahia.org.ar

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see and mother church, located in the city of Bahía Blanca, is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy. Since 12 July 2017 Carlos Azpiroz Costa has been its Archbishop.

Extent and statistics

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As per 2015, the Archdiocese pastorally served 661,096 Catholics (83.3% of 793,517 total) on 82,624 km² in 55 parishes and 236 missions with 71 priests (45 diocesan, 26 religious), 27 deacons, 211 lay religious (44 brothers, 167 sisters) and 15 seminarians.

It covers the partidos (municipalities) of Adolfo Alsina, Adolfo González Chávez, Bahía Blanca, Coronel Dorrego, Coronel de Marina Leonardo Rosales, Coronel Pringles, Coronel Suárez, Daireaux, Guaminí, Monte Hermoso, Patagones, Puán, Saavedra, San Cayetano, Tornquist, Tres Arroyos and Villarino.

Ecclesiastical province of Bahía Blanca

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The Metropolitan Archdiocese has suffragan sees encompassing all of the administrative Provinces of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, notably :

History

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Bishops

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(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal Ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Bahía Blanca
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bahía Blanca

Coadjutor archbishop

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Auxiliary bishops

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See also

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  • GCathholic with Google map - data for all sections
  • (in Spanish) Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at AICA (Argentine Catholic News Agency).
  • "Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.