Diocese of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires
Sancti Gregorii Narekiani Bonaëren(sis) Armenorum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Armenian Catholic Church · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Armenian (not Latin) rite eparchy established in 1989 for Armenian Catholics in Argentina, depending immediately on the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia rather than any Latin metropolitan. As of March 2026 it is governed by Apostolic Administrator Jorge Ignacio Garcia Cuerva, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Erected
- 18 February 1989
- Latin
- Sancti Gregorii Narekiani Bonaëren(sis) Armenorum
- Patron
- Our Lady of Narek
- Annuario code
- 001002901
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,900
- Priests
- 1
- Catholics per priest
- 16,900
- Extent
- 2,780,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Jorge Ignacio Garcia Cuerva (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 12 April 1968
- Birthplace
- Río Gallegos
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
Armenian Cathedral of Our Lady of Narek stands in Buenos Aires, 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.
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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.