Archdiocese of Salta


The Archdiocese of Salta is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. Erected on 28 March 1806 as the Diocese of Salta, it is a metropolitan see, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Catamarca, Jujuy and Orán as well as the Territorial Prelatures of Cafayate and Humahuaca.

History

It was created on 17 February 1807, the territory being taken from the ancient Diocese of Tucumán. Until 1898, it comprised also the civil Provinces of Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, and Catamarca, which were then detached to form new dioceses. It was elevated to an archdiocese on 20 April 1934.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Nicolás Videla del Pino
  • José Eusebio Colombres
  • Buenaventura Rizo Patrón
  • Pablo Padilla y Bárcena, appointed Bishop of Tucumán
  • Matías Linares y Sanzetenea
  • José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez
  • Julio Campero y Aráoz
  • Roberto José Tavella
  • Carlos Mariano Pérez Eslava
  • Moisés Julio Blanchoud
  • Mario Antonio Cargnello

    Coadjutor archbishop

  • Mario Antonio Cargnello

    Auxiliary bishops

  • Miguel Moisés Aráoz
  • Pablo Padilla y Bárcena, appointed Bishop here
  • José Calixto Gregorio Romero y Juárez, appointed Bishop here
  • Pedro Reginaldo Lira, appointed Bishop of San Francisco
  • Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon, appointed Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos
  • Raúl Arsenio Casado, appointed Bishop of Jujuy

    Territorial losses