Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis

Arquidiócesis de Mercedes-Luján
Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján
Location
CountryArgentina
MetropolitanMercedes-Luján
Statistics
Area19,330 km2 (7,460 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
712,000
689,300 (96.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 April 1934
CathedralCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy
Patron saintVirgin of Mercy
Our Lady of Luján
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJorge Eduardo Scheinig
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Mercedes-Luján; Latin: Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in north-central Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was immediately subject to the Holy See, coming into 2019. Erected as the Diocese of Mercedes on 20 April 1934, it was renamed as the Diocese of Mercedes-Luján on 10 May 1989 and elevated to its status as an archdiocese on 21 November 1997. Its mother church is the Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján in Mercedes.

On 4 March 2019, Pope Francis raised it to a metropolitan archdiocese, with three suffragan dioceses within its ecclesiastical province. The suffragan dioceses are Merlo-Moreno, Nueve de Julio, and Zárate-Campana. The first had been in the Buenos Aires province, and the other two were in the La Plata province. Francis also appointed the first metropolitan archbishop, Jorge Eduardo Scheinig, who had been titular bishop of Ita.[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishops

  • Vicente Alfredo Aducci (1960–1962)
  • Herberto Celso Angelo (1990–1993)
  • Oscar Domingo Sarlinga (2003–2006), appointed Bishop of Zárate-Campana
  • Jorge Eduardo Scheinig (2017–2019), appointed Archbishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territory

The archdiocese serves fifteen partidos in Buenos Aires Province:

Territorial losses
YearAlong withTo form
1947Archdiocese of La PlataDiocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
1957Diocese of AzulDiocese of Nueve de Julio
1957Diocese of Bahía BlancaDiocese of Santa Rosa

References

  1. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved Sep 3, 2020.

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