Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo

Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo

*Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo*

Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Cuyo
Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo; Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo; Arquidiócesis de San Juan de Cuyo
	Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	San Juan de Cuyo
Statistics
Area	89,651 km2 (34,614 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010); 664,000; 608,000 (91.6%)
Parishes	41
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1826 (195 years ago)
Cathedral	San Juan de Cuyo Cathedral
Patron saint	St John the Baptist; St Clement I
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Alfonso Delgado Evers
Website
	Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo) is a Latin rite metropolitan diocese in Argentina.

Its archiepiscopal seat is San Juan Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de San Juan Bautista), dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, in San Juan, Argentina. The city also has a minor basilica: the Basílica di Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, or the Basilica of Our Lady of the Forsaken.

History[]

In 1826 Pope Leo XII founded the see as the Apostolic Vicariate of San Juan de Cuyo on territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán.^[1]
Pope Gregory XVI elevated it to a diocese on 19 September 1834.
On 20 April 1934 it was elevated to a Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo / Sancti Ioannis de Cuyo (Latin) by Pope Pius XI . On the same date it lost territory to create the dioceses of Mendoza and the suffragan Diocese of San Luis.

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 638,183 Catholics (91.0% of 701,000 total) on 89,615 km² in 43 parishes and 216 missions with 96 priests (80 diocesan, 16 religious), 8 deacons, 85 lay religious (17 brothers, 68 sisters) and 21 seminarians.