Military Bishopric of Argentina


The Military Bishopric of Argentina is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church for the Argentine military forces.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for Bishops, and usually not combined with another see.
Its patron saint is Our Lady of Luján and the Episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral of the Star of the Sea in Buenos Aires, national capital of Argentina.

Statistics

As per 2014, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Argentine Armed Forces, paramilitary National Gendarmerie and Naval Prefecture of Argentina in 4 parishes and 237 missions with 195 priests, 1 deacon, 29 lay religious and 8 seminarians.

History

It was created as Military vicariate of Argentina on 8 July 1957, and elevated to Military ordinariate of Argentina on 21 July 1986. It remains known as Obispado Castrense, as in several hispanophone countries.

Episcopal Office holders