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Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo

Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the entire Province of San Juan, established as a diocese in 1834 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1934. It is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of La Rioja and San Luis and has been led by Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano since 2017.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
19 September 1834
Latin
Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo
Patron
St John the Baptist, St Clement I
Annuario code
001002914

The see in figures

Catholics
767,000
Population
664,000
Priests
89
Catholics per priest
8,618
Extent
89,651 km²
Catholics per km²
8.6

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
Jorge Eduardo Lozano
Born
10 February 1955
Birthplace
Buenos Aires

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

San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral stands in San Juan de Cuyo, 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 San Juan de Cuyo

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.