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• Agricultural Colonies in the Argentine Republic (Argentina)

Republic occupying the southeastern portion of South America; area, 1,153,119 square miles. Christianity was introduced by the Spanish explorers in the 16th century, and today Catholicism is the established religion, required for the presidency, though freedom of worship is granted by the constitution to all others. Ecclesiastical appointments are subject to the approval of the state, which provides a subsidy for clergy and churches. The civilmarriage ceremony, established in 1888, is obligatory.

Ecclesiastically the country is governed by the archdioceses of

• Bahía Blanca
• Buenos Aires
• Córdoba
• Corrientes
• La Plata
• Mendoza
• Mercedes-Luján
• Paraná
• Resistencia
• Rosario
• Salta
• San Juan de Cuyo
• Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
• Tucumán

the dioceses of

• Alto Valle del Río Negro
• Añatuya
• Avellaneda-Lanús
• Azul
• Catamarca
• Chascomús
• Comodoro Rivadavia
• Concepción
• Concordia
• Cruz del Eje
• Formosa
• Goya
• Gregorio de Laferrere
• Gualeguaychú
• Jujuy
• La Rioja
• Lomas de Zamora
• Mar del Plata
• Merlo-Moreno
• Morón
• Neuquén
• Nueve de Julio
• Orán
• Posadas
• Puerto Iguazú
• Quilmes
• Rafaela
• Reconquista
• Río Gallegos
• San Carlos de Bariloche
• San Francisco
• San Isidro
• San Justo
• San Luis
• San Martín
• San Miguel
• San Nicolás de los Arroyos
• San Rafael
• San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
• Santa Rosa
• Santiago del Estero
• Santo Tomé
• Venado Tuerto
• Viedma
• Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
• Villa María
• Zárate-Campana

and the territorial prelatures of

• Cafayate
• Deán Funes
• Humahuaca

Other episcopal governing designations include

• Argentina, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Melkite) (Apostolic Exarchate)
• Argentina, Faithful of the Oriental Rites (Ordinariate)
• Military Ordinate of Argentina
• San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite) (Eparchy)
• San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian) (Eparchy)
• Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian) (Eparchy)

See also

• World Fact Book
• patron saints index: Argentina
• patron saints index: Argentinian Air Force
• patron saints index: Argentinian ambassadors
• patron saints index: Argentinian Army
• patron saints index: Argentinian military chaplains