Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta, Argentina

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Salta / Salten(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Catamarca, Jujuy, Orán, Cafayate, Humahuaca

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Philip and Saint James Minor (May 3)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1806.03.28: Established as Diocese of Salta / Salten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of La Plata, Diocese of Córdoba and Diocese of Santiago and became suffragan of La Plata)
1865.03.05: Became suffragan of Buenos Aires
1897.02.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tucumán
1910.01.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Catamarca
1920.05.22: Gained territory from Diocese of Catamarca
1934.04.20: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salta / Salten(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Catamarca and Jujuy and lost territory to establish Diocese of Jujuy)
1944.07.02: Lost territory to Diocese of Catamarca
1961.04.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Orán and gained suffragan see Orán
1969.09.08: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Cafayate and gained suffragan sees Cafayate and Humahuaca
1972.01.21: Gained territory from Territorial Prelature of Humahuaca

Contact Info

Address: España 596, A4400ANL, Salta, Argentina

Phone: (0387) 4213101

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.04)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1999.08.06 – ...):

Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello (71)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Salta (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello (71)
(1999.08.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina)

Que se haga tu voluntad

Born:	1952.03.20 (San Fernando del Vale de Catamarca, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.06.24

Priest of Catamarca (Argentina) (1975.11.08 – 1994.04.07)

Bishop of Orán (Argentina) (1994.04.07 – 1998.06.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1998.06.24 – 1999.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1999.08.06 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2011.11.08 – 2017.11.07)

Archbishop Moisés Julio Blanchoud
(1984.01.07 – 1999.08.06)

Servir incansablemente

Born:	1923.09.04 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.04.24
Died:	2016.02.28 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Belali (1960.02.13 – 1962.09.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (1960.02.13 – 1962.09.06)

Bishop of Río Cuarto (Argentina) (1962.09.06 – 1984.01.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1984.01.07 – 1999.08.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentina) (2002.10.01 – 2003.02.13)

Archbishop Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava, S.D.B.
(1963.12.26 – 1984.01.07)

Animas quærere

Born:	1907.11.24 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1933.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.19
Died:	1985.03.25 († 77)

Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina) (1957.03.13 – 1963.12.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1963.12.26 – 1984.01.07)

Archbishop Roberto José Tavella, S.D.B.
(1934.09.20 – 1963.05.21)

Supra montem posita

Born:	1893.02.26 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1918.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.02.17
Died:	1963.05.21 († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1934.09.20 – 1963.05.21)

Archbishop Julio Campero y Aráoz
(1934.04.20 – 1934.06.22)

Born:	1873.11.08 (Argentina)
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.10.21
Died:	1938.02.19 († 64)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1923.06.11 – 1934.04.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salta (Argentina) (1934.04.20 – 1934.06.22)

Titular Bishop of Sophene (1934.06.22 – 1938.02.19)

Bishops of Salta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julio Campero y Aráoz (later Archbishop)
(1923.06.11 – 1934.04.20)

(see above)

Bishop José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez
(1914.10.29 – 1919.08.17)

Born:	1862.10.14 (Argentina)
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.02.24
Died:	1919.08.17 († 56)

Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1914.02.18 – 1914.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1914.02.18 – 1914.10.29)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1914.10.29 – 1919.08.17)

Bishop Matías Linares y Sanzetenea
(1898.01.16 – 1914.04.21)

Born:	1841.08.31 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1865
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.05.08
Died:	1914.04.21 († 72)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1898.01.16 – 1914.04.21)

Bishop Pablo Padilla y Bárcena
(1893.01.19 – 1898.01.16)

Born:	1848.01.25 (Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	1871.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1892.04.03
Died:	1921.01.22 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Pentacomia (1891.12.17 – 1893.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1891.12.17 – 1893.01.19)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1893.01.19 – 1898.01.16)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) (1898.01.16 – 1921.01.22)

Bishop Buenaventura Rizo Patrón, O.F.M.
(1860.07.13 – 1884.11.13)

Born:	1811.10.04
Ordained Priest:	1833.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.04.07
Died:	1884.11.13 († 73)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1860.07.13 – 1884.11.13)

Fr. José Eusebio Colombres
(1858.12.23 – 1859.02.11 not possessed)

Died:

1859.02.11

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1858.12.23 – 1859.02.11 not possessed)

Bishop Nicolás Videla del Pino
(1807.03.23 – 1819.03.17)

Born:	1741.12.06 (Argentina)
Consecrated Bishop:	1803.05.29
Died:	1819.03.17 († 77)

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1802.08.09 – 1807.03.23)

Bishop of Salta (Argentina) (1807.03.23 – 1819.03.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello (71) (1998.06.24 – 1999.08.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Raúl Arsenio Casado (later Archbishop) (1975.05.14 – 1983.07.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira (1967 – 1978.05.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon (1962.06.09 – 1966.04.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Reginaldo Lira (1958.07.16 – 1961.06.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez (1914.02.18 – 1914.10.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1891.12.17 – 1893.01.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Agustín Molina y Villafañ (1836.07.11 – 1859.02.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica Nuestro Señor y la Virgen del Milagro, Salta, Salta
Minor Basilica: Basílica San Francisco, Salta, Salta

Churches by City (74)

Cafayate (↙), Antofagasta (←), San Juan Bautista de Calama (↖), Humahuaca (↖), Jujuy (↑), Orán (↗), San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (→), Añatuya (↘), Tucumán (↓), Santiago del Estero (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 92,860 km²

Population: 930,630 Catholics (89.9% of 1,035,690 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 112 priests (80 diocesan, 32 religious), 2 deacons, 156 religious (38 brothers, 118 sisters), 12 seminarians