Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo
Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
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:
- Diocese of La RiojaLa Rioja
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.