Denomination Roman Catholic Rite Roman Rite Area 19,330 km² Emeritus bishop Rubén Héctor di Monte | Sui iuris church Latin Church Established 20 April 1934 Country Argentina | |
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Metropolitan Immediately subject to the Holy See Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
712,000
689,300 (96.8%) Archbishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani Cathedral Catedral Basílica de 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 is immediately subject to the Holy See. 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.
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The archdiocese serves fifteen partidos in Buenos Aires Province:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA