Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán

Archdiocese of Tucumán Archidioecesis Tucumanensis Arquidiócesis de Tucumán
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation
Location
Country	Argentina
Ecclesiastical province	Tucumán
Statistics
Area	10,996 km2 (4,246 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,112,000 1,034,201 (93%)
Parishes	47
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 February 1897 (127 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation in San Miguel de Tucumán
Patron saint	Virgin of Mercy St Jude the Apostle St Simon the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Alfredo Zecca
Bishops emeritus	Luis Héctor Villalba
Website
www.arztucuman.org.ar

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.

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.

Ordinaries

• Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1744–1762)
• Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1898–1921)
• Barnabé Piedrabuena (1923–1928)
• Agustín Barrere, F.M.I. (1930–1952)
• Juan Carlos Aramburu (1953–1967)
• Blas Victorio Conrero (1968–1982)
• Horacio Alberto Bózzoli (1983–1993)
• Raúl Arsenio Casado (1994–1999)
• Luis Héctor Villalba (1999–2011) (Cardinal in 2015)
• Alfredo Zecca (since 2011)

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1963		Diocese of Concepción