Ecclesiastical province Tucumán Denomination Roman Catholic Area 10,996 km² | Parishes 47 | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)1,112,0001,034,201 (93%) Established 15 February 1897 (120 years ago) | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán (Latin: Archidioecesis Tucumanensis) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Añatuya, Concepción and Santiago del Estero.
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History
On 15 February 1897 Pope Leo XIII founded the Diocese of Tucumán from territory taken from the Diocese of Salta. Pope Pius XII elevated it to an archdiocese on 11 February 1957. It lost territory to the Diocese of Concepción when it was created in 1963.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA