The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán ( la, Archidioecesis Tucumanensis) is in

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. Its

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s include

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, Concepción and

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History

On 15 February 1897

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founded the Diocese of Tucumán from territory taken from the

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elevated it to an archdiocese on 11 February 1957. It lost territory to the Diocese of Concepción when it was created in 1963.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Pedro Miguel Argandoña Pastene Salazar (1744–1762) * Pablo Padilla y Bárcena (1898–1921) * Barnabé Piedrabuena (1923–1928) *

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, F.M.I. (1930–1952) *

Juan Carlos Aramburu Juan Carlos Aramburu (February 11, 1912 – November 18, 2004) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1975 to 1990, and was named to the College of Cardinals by Pope Paul VI in 1976. Biography Aramburu was born in rura ...

(1953–1967), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires; future Cardinal *

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(1968–1982) *

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(1983–1993) *

Raúl Arsenio Casado Raúl Arseno Casado (July 27, 1927 – July 20, 2010) was the Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country i ...

(1994–1999) *

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(1999–2011) (Cardinal in 2015) *

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(2011–2017) * Carlos Alberto Sánchez (2017–present)

Coadjutor archbishop

Carlos José Ñáñez Carlos José Ñáñez (born August 9, 1946) is an Argentinian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Córdoba from 1990 to 1995 when he was appointed Archbishop Coadjutor of Tucumán. He was Archbishop of Córdob ...

(1995-1998), did not succeed to the see; appointed Archbishop of Córdoba

Auxiliary bishops

* Barnabé Piedrabuena (1907-1910), appointed Bishop of Catamarca (later returned here as Bishop) *

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(1914-1922) *

(1946-1953), appointed Bishop here; future Cardinal

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Catamarca in 2006 *

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, appointed Bishop of Añatuya in 2015

Territorial losses

References

Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tucumán Christian organizations established in 1897 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub