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Archdiocese of Mendoza
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| jurisdiction | Archdiocese |
| name | Mendoza |
| latin | Archidioecesis Mendozensis |
| local | Arquidiócesis de Mendoza |
| image_size | 200px |
| country | Argentina |
| province | Mendoza |
| coordinates | |
| area_km2 | 63,839 |
| population | 1,373,000 |
| population_as_of | 2004 |
| catholics | 1,145,000 |
| catholics_percent | 83.4 |
| parishes | 62 |
| churches | |
| congregations | |
| schools | |
| members | |
| denomination | Roman Catholic |
| rite | Roman Rite |
| established | 20 April 1934 ( years ago) |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Loreto Cathedral in Mendoza |
| patron | St James the Greater |
| Our Lady of the Rosary | |
| priests | |
| pope | |
| metro_archbishop | Marcelo Daniel Colombo |
| bishop_title | Archbishop |
| auxiliary_bishops | Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli |
| emeritus_bishops | José María Arancibia |
| map | Arquidiócesis de Mendoza.svg |
| website | https://arquimendoza.org.ar/ |
Our Lady of the Rosary The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza () is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese. Its suffragan sees include Neuquén and San Rafael.
History
On 20 April 1934, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Mendoza from the Diocese of San Juan de Cuyo. It lost territory to the Diocese of San Rafael when it was created in 1961. At the same time, the Diocese of Mendoza was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope John XXIII on 10 April 1961.
2016–2017 sexual abuse scandal
On 5 May 2017, Kosaka Kumiko, a Japanese-Argentinian nun, was arrested and accused of helping priests sexually abuse children at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in Mendoza Province. Kumiko's arrest came after the arrests of two priests: Horacio Corbacho and Nicola Corradi. Three other men employed at one of the Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf's Argentine schools were arrested for acts. Corradi had previously been accused as early as 2009 of committing sex abuse at the Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf's main campus in Verona, Italy.
On 15 June 2019, it was announced that the two priests will stand trial on 5 August 2019. The two priests will face trial in Argentina, The trial is expected to last for two more months.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas (1934–1940)
- Alfonso María Buteler (1940–1973)
- Olimpo Santiago Maresma (1974–1979)
- Cándido Genaro Rubiolo (1979–1996)
- José María Arancibia (1996–2012)
- Carlos María Franzini (2012–2017)
- Marcelo Daniel Colombo (2018-
Coadjutor archbishop
- José María Arancibia (1993–1996)
Auxiliary bishops
- José Miguel Medina (bishop) (1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Jujuy
- Olimpo Santiago Maresma (1965-1974), appointed Archbishop here
- Rafael Eleuterio Rey (1983-1991), appointed Bishop of Zárate-Campana
- Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva (2008-2013), appointed Bishop of San Francisco
- Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón (2015-2018), appointed Bishop of La Rioja
- Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli (2017-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Paulino Reale Chirina, appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto in 1989
- Pedro Daniel Martínez Perea (priest here, 1981–1986), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis in 2009
Territorial losses
| Year | style="width:225px;" | Along with | style="width:225px;" | To form | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |
References
References
- "Archdiocese of Mendoza". catholic-hierarchy.org.
- "Archdiocese of Mendoza". GCatholic.org.
- (5 May 2017). "Argentina: Nun arrested for allegedly abusing deaf children". FOX News.
- "Two priests in Argentina arrested over alleged abuse of at least 22 children at school for the deaf | Catholic Herald".
- "Trial date set for Argentine priests accused of abusing deaf children".
- (5 August 2019). "Priests accused of abusing deaf students go on trial in Argentina {{!}} PBS NewsHour".
- "Two priests and a gardener on trial in Argentine for sexually abusing deaf children".
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