Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca
Sinus Albi
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Bahía Blanca is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in southern Buenos Aires province, Argentina, erected as a diocese in 1934 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1957. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province covering Patagonia, with its seat at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 April 1934
- Latin
- Sinus Albi
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mercy
- Annuario code
- 001000790
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 635,000
- Population
- 743,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.5%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 7,938
- Extent
- 214,021 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy stands in Bahía Blanca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Bahía Blanca
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Comodoro RivadaviaComodoro Rivadavia
- Diocese of EsquelEsquel
- Diocese of RawsonRawson
- Diocese of Santa RosaSanta Rosa
- Diocese of ViedmaViedma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.