Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo

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

Its Catedral archiepiscopal see is San Juan Bautista, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, in San Juan, Argentina. The city also has a Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, dedicated to Our Lady of the Abandoned.

History

• In 1826 Pope Leo XII founded the see as the Apostolic Vicariate of San Juan de Cuyothe on territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán.^[1]
• 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 a suffrgan, the 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, its daughter.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(Roman Rite)

Apostolic Vicar of San Juan de Cuyo

• Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1828.12.15 – 1834.09.19 see below), Titular Bishop of Thaumaci (1828.12.15 – 1834.09.30)

Suffragan Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo

• Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín, O.P. (see above 1834.09.19 – death 1836.10.19)
• José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento (1837.05.19 – death 1852.01.25)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José Hilarión Etrura Cevallos, O.P. (1839.12.23 – death 1849.06.23), Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia (1839.12.23 – 1849.06.23)
• Nicolás Aldazor, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1858.12.23 – death 1866.08.22)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José Benito Salvador de la Reta, O.F.M. (1881.11.18 – death 1897.01.21), Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis (1881.11.18 – 1897.01.21)
• Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. (1867.12.20 – death 1898.02.25)
• Marcellino Benavente, O.P. (1899.01.07 – death 1910.09.28)
• José Américo Orzali (1911.12.30 – 1934.04.20 see below)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Juan José Marcos Zapata (1913.05.30 – death 1951.05.13), Titular Bishop of Castabala (1913.05.30 – 1951.05.13)

Suffragan Bishops of San Juan de Cuyo

• José Américo Orzali (see above 1934.04.20 – death 1939.04.18)
• Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1939.11.03 – death 1965.08.03), previously Bishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina) (1927.07.07 – 1939.11.03)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia (1960.02.13 – death 1961.05.23), Titular Bishop of Areopolis (1960.02.13 – 1961.05.23)
• Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, Capuchin Friars Minor (O.F.M. Cap.) (1966.04.28 – death 1980.05.12), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Oreus (1962.03.05 – 1966.04.28) and Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo (1962.03.05 – 1966.04.28)
• Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1980.11.08 – retired 2000.03.29), died 2002; previously Bishop of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Argentina) (1963.08.12 – 1980.11.08)
• Alfonso Delgado Evers (2000.03.29 – retired 2017.06.17), previously Bishop of Santo Tomé (Argentina) (1986.03.20 – 1994.02.25), Bishop of Posadas (Argentina) (1994.02.25 – 2000.03.29)
• Jorge Eduardo Lozano (2017.06.17 – ...), previously Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (2000.01.04 – 2005.12.22) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2000.01.04 – 2005.12.22), Bishop of Gualeguaychú (Argentina) (2005.12.22 – 2016.08.31), [[Coadjutor Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (2016.08.31 – succession 2017.06.17).

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Argentina

References

Sources and external links

• GCatholic, with Google map - data for all sections

Coordinates: 31°32′13″S 68°31′34″W / 31.53694°S 68.52611°W / -31.53694; -68.52611