Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
Sanctae Fidei Verae Crucis
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
Metropolitan archdiocese seated at Santa Fe, erected as a diocese on 15 February 1897 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 20 April 1934, with the suffragan sees of Rafaela and Reconquista. Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy has led the see since 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1897
- Latin
- Sanctae Fidei Verae Crucis
- Patron
- Our Lady of Guadalupe and Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002949
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 840,000
- Population
- 960,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.5%
- Priests
- 120
- Catholics per priest
- 7,000
- Extent
- 30,701 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Sergio Alfredo Fenoy
- Born
- 19 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Rosario
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 All Saints stands in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, 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 Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of RafaelaRafaela
- Diocese of ReconquistaReconquista
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Argentina, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei Verae Crucis) presides over an ecclesiastical province containing two suffragan sees, Rafaela and Reconquista.
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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.