Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

The Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Mercedes-Luján; Latin: Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese serving 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 on 21 November 1997. Its mother church is the Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján in Mercedes.

Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis

Arquidiócesis de Mercedes-Luján
Location
CountryArgentina
MetropolitanMercedes-Luján
Statistics
Area19,330 km2 (7,460 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(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

On Friday 4 March 2019, Pope Francis raised it to a metropolitan archdiocese, with three suffragan dioceses- two had been part of the La Plata Province and one had been part of the Buenos Aires Province. He accepted the resignation of Archbishop Agustin Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B., who had been in office since 2007, and appointed as the first metropolitan archbishop the then-auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese, Jorge Eduardo Scheinig, who had been titular bishop of Ita, having been consecrated a bishop in 2017.[1]

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.

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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