Archdiocese of Salta
Salten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Salta, Argentina
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese erected as a diocese in 1806 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1934. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Catamarca, Jujuy and Oran and has been led by Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello since 1999.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 March 1806
- Latin
- Salten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint James the Less and Saint Philip
- Annuario code
- 001002853
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 717,000
- Population
- 797,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 6,402
- Extent
- 92,860 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.7
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
- Mario Antonio Cargnello
- Born
- 20 March 1952
- Birthplace
- Catamarca
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 Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle stands in Salta, 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 Salta
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CafayateCafayate
- Diocese of CatamarcaCatamarca
- Diocese of HumahuacaHumahuaca
- Diocese of JujuyJujuy
- Diocese of OránOrán
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.