Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis Arquidiócesis Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country	Argentina
Territory	Buenos Aires
Ecclesiastical province	Buenos Aires
Statistics
Area	78 sq mi (200 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2012) 2,917,000 2,671,000 (91.6%)
Parishes	186
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6 April 1620
Cathedral	Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Patron saint	Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire
Secular priests	471
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Auxiliary Bishops	Juan Carlos Ares José María Baliña Enrique Eguía Seguí Ernesto Giobando Alejandro Daniel Giorgi Joaquín Mariano Sucunza Gustavo Oscar Carrara
Bishops emeritus	Mario Aurelio Poli
Map
Website
arzbaires.org.ar

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Archidioecesis Metropolitae Bonaerensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Argentina. It is a metropolitan archdiocese with 13 suffragan sees in the country, including two Eastern Catholic eparchies.

The Metropolitan Archbishopric of Buenos Aires is the Primatial see (protocollary first-rank) of Argentina,^[1][2][3] although the incumbent Metropolitan may be outranked by Cardinals or more senior ones. On 13 March 2013, then-Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope, under the name of Francis. The current archbishop, since 26 May 2023, is Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva.