Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Archdiocese of Salta

Archidioecesis Saltensis

Arquidiócesis de Salta

Cathedral Shrine Our Lord and the Virgin of the Miracle

Location
Country| Argentina
Ecclesiastical province| Salta
Statistics
Area| 92,860 km2 (35,850 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2010)

* 797,000

* 717,000 (90%)

Parishes| 57
Information
Denomination| Roman Catholic
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 28 March 1806 (219 years ago)
Cathedral| Cathedral of Our Lord and Our Lady of Miracles in Salta
Patron saint| St James the Less
St Philip
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop| Mario Antonio Cargnello
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta (erected 28 March 1806, as the Diocese of Salta) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Catamarca, Jujuy and Orán as well as the Territorial Prelatures of Cafayate and Humahuaca.

## History

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It was created on 17 February 1807, the territory being taken from the ancient Diocese of Tucumán (the see was in Córdoba). Until 1898, it comprised also the civil Provinces of Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, and Catamarca, which were then detached to form new dioceses.[1] It was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 April 1934.[2]

## Bishops

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### Ordinaries

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* Nicolás Videla del Pino (1807–1819)
* José Eusebio Colombres (1858–1859)
* Buenaventura Rizo Patrón (1860–1884)
* Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1893–1898), appointed Bishop of Tucumán
* Matías Linares y Sanzetenea (1898–1914)
* José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez (1914–1919)
* Julio Campero y Aráoz (1923–1934)
* Roberto José Tavella (1934–1963)
* Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava (1963–1984)
* Moisés Julio Blanchoud (1984–1999)
* Mario Antonio Cargnello (1999–present)

### Coadjutor archbishop

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* Mario Antonio Cargnello (1998–1999)

### Auxiliary bishops

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* Miguel Moisés Aráoz (1871–1883)
* Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1891–1893), appointed Bishop here
* José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez (1914–1919), appointed Bishop here
* Pedro Reginaldo Lira (1958–1961), appointed Bishop of San Francisco
* Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon (1962–1966), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
* Raúl Arsenio Casado (1975–1983), appointed Bishop of Jujuy

## Territorial losses

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Year | Along with | To form

|
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1897 |  | Diocese of Tucumán
1934 |  | Diocese of Jujuy
1961 |  | Diocese of Orán
1969 | Diocese of Catamarca | Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

## References

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1. ^ Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Diocese of Salta
2. ^ "Archdiocese of Salta". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 19 March 2007.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Salta". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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