Parishes 91 Rite Roman Rite Phone +54 342 459-5791 Country Argentina Patron saints Mary, Saint Joseph | Denomination Roman Catholic Area 30,701 km² Province Santa Fe Province Metropolitan archbishop José María Arancedo | |
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Ecclesiastical province Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
960,000
840,000 (87.5%) Established 15 February 1897 (120 years ago) Address Av. Gral. López 2720, Santa Fe, Argentina Similar El Litoral, Parroquia San José (Orden A, Hostal Santa Fe de La Ver, Basílica de Guadalupe, Estación Belgrano | ||
The Latin Rite Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei Verae Crucis in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Rafaela and Reconquista.
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History
On 15 February 1897 Pope Leo XII founded the Diocese of Santa Fe from territory taken from the Diocese of Paraná. On 20 April 1934 the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Pius XI. On the same date it lost territory to create the dioceses of Diocese of Mendoza. It lost further territory when the dioceses of Resistencia (1939), Reconquista (1957) and Rafaela (1961) were created. Blessed John Paul II changed the name of the archdiocese to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz on 19 September 1992.
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