Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Tucumán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán (Latin: Archidioecesis Tucumanensis) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Añatuya, Concepción and Santiago del Estero.

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History

On 15 February 1897 Pope Leo XIII founded the Diocese of Tucumán from territory taken from the Diocese of Salta. Pope Pius XII elevated it to an archdiocese on 11 February 1957. It lost territory to the Diocese of Concepción when it was created in 1963.[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1744–1762)
  • Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1898–1921)
  • Barnabé Piedrabuena (1923–1928)
  • Agustín Barrere, F.M.I. (1930–1952)
  • Juan Carlos Aramburu (1953–1967), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires; future Cardinal
  • Blas Victorio Conrero (1968–1982)
  • Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (1983–1993)
  • Raúl Arsenio Casado (1994–1999)
  • Luis Héctor Villalba (1999–2011) (Cardinal in 2015)
  • Alfredo Zecca (2011–2017)
  • Carlos Alberto Sánchez (2017–present)

Coadjutor archbishop

Auxiliary bishops

  • Barnabé Piedrabuena (1907-1910), appointed Bishop of Catamarca (later returned here as Bishop)
  • Carlos Echenique Altamira (1914-1922)
  • Juan Carlos Aramburu (1946-1953), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Luis Urbanč, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Catamarca in 2006
  • José Melitón Chávez, appointed Bishop of Añatuya in 2015

Territorial losses

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References

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Tucumán.
  1. [1]
    "Archdiocese of Tucumán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  2. [2]
    "Archdiocese of Tucumán". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

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