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 (89 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

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

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

History

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal Ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Bahía Blanca
  • Leandro Bautista Astelarra (13 September 1934 – death 24 August 1943)
  • Germiniano Esorto (2 November 1946 – 31 May 1972 see below), previously Titular Bishop of Birtha (1943.08.23 – 1946.11.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (Argentina) (1943.08.23 – 1946.11.02)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Bahía Blanca

Coadjutor archbishop

  • Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. (2015-2017)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Emilio Ogñénovich (1979-1982), appointed Bishop of Mercedes
  • José Vittorio Tommasí (1984-1991), appointed Bishop of Nueve de Julio
  • Néstor Hugo Navarro (1998-2003), appointed Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro
  • Pedro María Laxague (2006-2015) appointed Bishop of Zárate-Campana
  • Jorge Luis Wagner (2019-)

See also

  • 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.


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