{"id":91503,"date":"2023-06-05T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicherald.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=91503"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T19:37:15","slug":"las-vegas-se-convierte-en-arquidiocesis-que-significa","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicherald.com\/es\/article\/en-espanol\/nacional\/las-vegas-se-convierte-en-arquidiocesis-que-significa\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas se convierte en Arquidi\u00f3cesis: \u00bfQu\u00e9 significa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>La Oficina de Prensa del Vaticano inform\u00f3 este martes 30 de mayo que el Papa Francisco ha erigido la nueva provincia eclesi\u00e1stica de Las Vegas (Estados Unidos), elevando la antigua di\u00f3cesis del mismo nombre a Iglesia Metropolitana y asign\u00e1ndole como sufrag\u00e1neas a las circunscripciones eclesi\u00e1sticas de Reno y Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n<p>Con esta decisi\u00f3n del Santo Padre, Las Vegas, conocida por sus casinos y el negocio de las apuestas, se convierte en Arquidi\u00f3cesis, y su primer arzobispo es Mons. George Leo Thomas, quien ya ven\u00eda sirviendo como Obispo de Las Vegas desde febrero de 2018.<\/p>\n<p>La Arquidi\u00f3cesis de Las Vegas, en el estado de Nevada, tiene una poblaci\u00f3n total de 2.322.280 habitantes, de los cuales aproximadamente 620 mil son cat\u00f3licos, de acuerdo a la Conferencia de Obispos Cat\u00f3licos de Estados Unidos (USCCB).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es una provincia eclesi\u00e1stica?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Una provincia eclesi\u00e1stica es un territorio formado por una arquidi\u00f3cesis \u2014la sede metropolitana\u2014 y algunas di\u00f3cesis, conocidas como \u201csufrag\u00e1neas&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>El arzobispo metropolitano preside la provincia eclesi\u00e1stica de la cual, en cierto modo, dependen las di\u00f3cesis sufrag\u00e1neas.<\/p>\n<p>Entre las finalidades del arzobispo metropolitano est\u00e1n la integraci\u00f3n, coordinaci\u00f3n pastoral y servicio mutuo. El metropolitano es, adem\u00e1s, un primo inter pares (primero entre iguales).<\/p>\n<p>El C\u00f3digo de Derecho Can\u00f3nico, la ley que regula a la Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica, se\u00f1ala al respecto en el canon 431 que \u201cpara promover una acci\u00f3n pastoral com\u00fan en varias di\u00f3cesis vecinas, seg\u00fan las circunstancias de las personas y de los lugares, y para que se fomenten de manera m\u00e1s adecuada las rec\u00edprocas relaciones entre los Obispos diocesanos, las Iglesias particulares se agrupar\u00e1n en provincias eclesi\u00e1sticas delimitadas territorialmente\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>En la nueva provincia eclesi\u00e1stica de Las Vegas, la arquidi\u00f3cesis es Las Vegas y las di\u00f3cesis sufrag\u00e1neas son las de Reno y Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Oficina de Prensa del Vaticano inform\u00f3 este martes 30 de mayo que el Papa Francisco ha erigido la nueva provincia eclesi\u00e1stica de Las Vegas (Estados Unidos), elevando la antigua di\u00f3cesis del mismo nombre a Iglesia Metropolitana y asign\u00e1ndole como sufrag\u00e1neas a las circunscripciones eclesi\u00e1sticas de Reno y Salt Lake City. 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