Archdiocese of Corrientes

Corrienten(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Corrientes, Argentina

The Archdiocese of Corrientes is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It was erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1961.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 21 January 1910
Latin: Corrienten(sis)
Patron: Our Lady of Itatí
Annuario code: 001001221

The see in figures

Catholics: 946,936
Population: 880,649
Priests: 89
Catholics per priest: 10,640
Extent: 26,218 km²
Catholics per km²: 36

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: José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.

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 the Rosary stands in Corrientes, 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 Corrientes

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.