Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo () is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.

Its archiepiscopal seat is San Juan Cathedral (), dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, in San Juan, Argentina. The city also has a minor basilica: the , or the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken.

History

• In 1826 Pope Leo XII founded the see as the Apostolic Vicariate of San Juan de Cuyo on territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán.
• Pope Gregory XVI elevated it to a diocese on 19 September 1834.
• On 20 April 1934 it was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo / Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo (Latin) by Pope Pius XI . On the same date it lost territory to create the dioceses of Mendoza and the suffragan Diocese of San Luis.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 638,183 Catholics (91.0% of 701,000 total) on 89,615 km² in 43 parishes and 216 missions with 96 priests (80 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons, 85 lay religious (17 brothers, 68 sisters) and 21 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan's suffragan sees are :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Luis

Bishops

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar of San Juan de Cuyo

1. Justo Santa María de Oro, O.P. (O.P.) (1828-1834)

Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo

1. Justo Santa María de Oro, O.P. (1834-1836)
2. José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento (1837-1852)
3. Nicolás Aldazor, O.F.M. (1858-1866)
4. Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. (1867-1898)
5. Marcellino Benavente, O.P. (1899-1910)
6. José Américo Orzali (1911-1934)

Archbishops of San Juan de Cuyo

1. José Américo Orzali (1934-1939)
2. Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1939-1965)
3. Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. (1966-1980)
4. Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1980-2000)
5. Alfonso Delgado Evers (2000-2017)
6. Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2017-present)

Coadjutor archbishop

• Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2016-2017)

Auxiliary Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo

• José Hilarión de Etura y Cevallos (Ceballos), O.P. (1839-1849)
• José Benito Salvador de la Reta, O.F.M. (1881-1897)
• Juan José Marcos Zapata (1913-1951)
• Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia (1960-1961)
• Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. (1962-1966), appointed Archbishop here
• Carlos María Domínguez, O.A.R. (2019-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Silvino Martínez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario in 1946
• Enrique Pechuán Marín, appointed Bishop of Cruz del Eje in 1963

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Argentina

References

Sources and external links

• GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections