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
200px Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	San Juan de Cuyo
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 664,000 608,000 (91.6%)
Parishes	41
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1826 (198 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St John the Baptist in San Juan
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 metropolitan diocese in Argentina. Its suffragan sees include La Rioja and San Luis.

History

In 1826 Pope Leo XII founded the archdiocese as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Juan de Cuyothe from territory taken from the Diocese of Córdoba del Tucumán. Pope Gregory XVI elevated it to a diocese on 19 September 1834. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on 20 April 1934. On the same date it lost territory to create the dioceses of Mendoza and San Luis.

Ordinaries

• Justo Santa María de Oro y Albarracín, O.P. (1828–1836)
• José Manuel Eufrasio de Quiroga Sarmiento (1837–1852)
• Nicolás Aldazor, O.F.M. (1858–1866)
• Venceslao Javier José Achával y Medina, O.F.M. (1867–1898)
• Marcellino Benavente, O.P. (1899–1910)
• José Américo Orzali (1911–1939)
• Audino Rodríguez y Olmos (1939–1965)
• Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. (1966–1980)
• Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano (1980–2000)
• Alfonso Delgado Evers (2000–present)