Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XII, 1954 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Tucumán, Diocese of

TUCUMAN, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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TUCUMÁN, Diocese of. - Capital city and diocese in the province of the same name in Argentina.

Over an area of 27,000 sq. km. it has a population of 660,000 inhabitants, of whom 600,000 are Catholics; the clergy consists of 55 diocesan priests and 86 regulars distributed among 30 parishes; it has a seminary; 17 male religious communities and 40 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 435).

The diocese was erected by Pope Leo XIII on 15 February 1897, with the territory of the diocese of Salta, as a suffragan of Buenos Aires. Its first bishop was Msgr. Pablo Padilla y Barcena (d. 1921). It is currently a suffragan of Santa Fe. The cathedral is dedicated to St. Michael.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., LXIV, pp. 1319-22; A. A. Mac Erlean, s. v. in The Cath. Enc., XV, p. 85.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), col. 600.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tucuman, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 600. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/tucuman-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Tucuman, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 600. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/tucuman-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Tucuman, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XII},
  pages     = {600},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1954},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/tucuman-diocesi-di}
}

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