Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

*Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis*

Arquidiócesis de Mercedes-Luján
Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján; Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis; Arquidiócesis de Mercedes-Luján
	Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján
Location
Country	Argentina
Metropolitan	Mercedes-Luján
Statistics
Area	19,330 km2 (7,460 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 712,000; 689,300 (96.8%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	20 April 1934
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy
Patron saint	Virgin of Mercy; Our Lady of Luján
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Jorge Eduardo Scheinig
Website
	Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Mercedes-Luján; Latin: Archidioecesis Mercedensis-Luianensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in 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 to its status as an archdiocese on 21 November 1997. Its mother church is the Catedral Basílica de Mercedes-Luján in Mercedes.

On 4 March 2019, Pope Francis raised it to a metropolitan archdiocese, with three suffragan dioceses within its ecclesiastical province. 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. Francis also appointed the first metropolitan archbishop, Jorge Eduardo Scheinig, who had been titular bishop of Ita.^[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Juan Pascual Chimento (1934–1938), appointed Archbishop of La Plata
Anunciado Serafini (1939–1963)
Luis Juan Tomé (1963–1981)
Emilio Ogñénovich (1982–2000)
Rubén Héctor di Monte (2000–2007)
Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, SDB (2007–2019)
Jorge Eduardo Scheinig (2019–present)

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

Antonio Quarracino, appointed Bishop of Nueve de Julio in 1962; future Cardinal
Eduardo Francisco Pironio, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata in 1964; future Cardinal

Territory

The archdiocese serves fifteen partidos in Buenos Aires Province:

Territorial losses
Year	Along with	To form
1947	Archdiocese of La Plata	Diocese of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
1957	Diocese of Azul	Diocese of Nueve de Julio
1957	Diocese of Bahía Blanca	Diocese of Santa Rosa

References

^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved Sep 3, 2020.

"Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-04-29.

External links

Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján

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[1] "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved Sep 3, 2020.

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