Argentina Visa

A Latin American country , Churches in Argentina are many and there are both Catholic and Protestant churches . Most of the people of Argentina are Roman Catholic,

2% of the total population are Protestants and there are few Jews living in the country. Recently,in the last decade or so there has been a rise in the Evangelical Movement . Like most of the Latin American countries, the Evangelical Movement in Argentina has been formed by the converts from Catholicism in the lower classes. Thus with such diverse religious inclinations there are churches in Argentina with different beliefs and methods of worship.

The Roman Catholics dominate Argentina in number and very naturally therefore numerically the Roman Catholic Churches in Argentina beat the others. Approximately, there are around 26,641,342 Roman Catholic Churches in Argentina. The Catholic Church in Argentina consists of 50 dioceses which includes one each for Uniate Catholics of the Ukrainian rite, of the Maronite rite and of the Armenian rite,14 archdioceses and three territorial prelatures. The Bishop of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires acts as the the Apostolic Exarch of Latin America and Mexico for Catholics of the Armenian rite and the Archbishop of Buenos Aires poses as the Ordinary for Catholics of Oriental rites.

There are also some Protestant Churches in Argentina. The most prominent of them includes:

• Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (Evangelical Church of the River Plate)
• Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Argentina (Methodist Church of Argentina)
• Convención Evangélica Bautista Argentina (Baptist Evangelical Convention)
• Iglesia Evangélica Congregacionalista (Evangelical Congregational Church)
• Iglesia Evangélica Luterana Argentina (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina)