Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta explained

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salta (erected 28 March 1806, as the Diocese of Salta) is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Catamarca, Jujuy and Orán as well as the Territorial Prelatures of Cafayate and Humahuaca.

History

It was created on 17 February 1807, the territory being taken from the ancient Diocese of Tucumán (the see was in Córdoba). Until 1898, it comprised also the civil Provinces of Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, and Catamarca, which were then detached to form new dioceses.^[1] It was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 April 1934.^[2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Nicolás Videla del Pino (1807–1819)
• José Eusebio Colombres (1858–1859)
• Buenaventura Rizo Patrón (1860–1884)
• Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1893–1898), appointed Bishop of Tucumán
• Matías Linares y Sanzetenea (1898–1914)
• José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez (1914–1919)
• Julio Campero y Aráoz (1923–1934)
• Roberto José Tavella (1934–1963)
• Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava (1963–1984)
• Moisés Julio Blanchoud (1984–1999)
• Mario Antonio Cargnello (1999–present)

Coadjutor archbishop

• Mario Antonio Cargnello (1998–1999)

Auxiliary bishops

• Miguel Moisés Aráoz (1871–1883)
• Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1891–1893), appointed Bishop here
• José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez (1914–1919), appointed Bishop here
• Pedro Reginaldo Lira (1958–1961), appointed Bishop of San Francisco
• Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon (1962–1966), appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
• Raúl Arsenio Casado (1975–1983), appointed Bishop of Jujuy

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1897		Diocese of Tucumán
1934		Diocese of Jujuy
1961		Diocese of Orán
1969	Diocese of Catamarca	Territorial Prelature of Cafayate

References

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Notes and References

1. [Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Diocese of Salta]
2. Web site: Archdiocese of Salta. Catholic-Hierarchy. 19 March 2007.