The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza ( la, Archidioecesis Mendozensis) is in

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and is a

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. Its

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s include

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and San Rafael.

History

On 20 April 1934,

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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 Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

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, where they were jailed after being accused of sexually abusing 22 children at the Argentine school. The trial began as scheduled Institute employee Armando Gomez also joined the two priests as a co-defendant. Former institute employee Jorge Bordón had been sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018 for sex abuse at the institute as well. The trial is expected to last for two more months.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* José Aníbal Verdaguer y Corominas (1934–1940) *

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(1940–1973) *

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(1974–1979) *

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(1979–1996) * José María Arancibia (1996–2012) *

Carlos María Franzini Carlos María Franzini (September 6, 1951 – December 8, 2017) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Rafaela from 2000 until 2012, when he became archbishop of Mendoza. Life Born in Buenos Aires, he was ordained ...

(2012–2017) * Marcelo Daniel Colombo (2018-

Coadjutor archbishop

* José María Arancibia (1993–1996)

Auxiliary bishops

José Miguel Medina (bishop) José Miguel Medina Dávalos (born 19 May 1991 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays for Oaxaca of Ascenso MX Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football le ...

(1962-1965), appointed Bishop of Jujuy *

(1965-1974), appointed Archbishop here *

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(1983-1991), appointed Bishop of Zárate-Campana *

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(2008-2013), appointed Bishop of San Francisco *

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(2015-2018), appointed Bishop of La Rioja *

Marcelo Fabián Mazzitelli Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

(2017-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Paulino Reale Chirina Paulino Reale Chirina (January 25, 1924 – March 29, 2012) was an Argentine Prelate of the Catholic Church. Paulino Reale Chirina was born in Canicattini Bagni Canicattini Bagni ( Sicilian: ''Janiattini'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) ...

, appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto in 1989 *

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(priest here, 1981–1986), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis in 2009

Territorial losses

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendoza Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Mendoza Christian organizations established in 1934 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century