Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca (Archidioecesis Sinus Albi) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church with an ecclesiastical province in the eastern region of the national capital's province of Buenos Aires, central Argentina.
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Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca Archidioecesis Sinus Albi Arquidiócesis de Bahía Blanca | |
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Location | |
Country | Argentina |
Ecclesiastical province | Bahía Blanca |
Statistics | |
Area | 82,634 sq mi (214,020 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 743,000 635,000 (85.5%) |
Parishes | 56 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 20 April 1934 (90 years ago) |
Cathedral | Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral in Bahía Blanca |
Patron saint | Virgin of Mercy |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Carlos Azpiroz Costa, OP |
Map | |
Website | |
arzobispadobahia.org.ar |
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Its cathedral archiepiscopal see and mother church, located in the city of Bahía Blanca, is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy. Since 12 July 2017 Carlos Azpiroz Costa has been its Archbishop.