Abstract

MARTINEZ, Ignacio. New spaces for the construction of the Church: national state and ultramontane sectors in Argentine Confederation, 1853-1862. Quinto sol [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp.1-23. ISSN 1851-2879.

Two aspects of the building of Argentinian Church in the 1850s are studied: the state funding for Catholic Church and the appointment of bishops for the three Argentinian dioceses. The aim of this article is to prove that the State and the Holy See worked as places in this process where political and ecclesiastical agents pursued their own goals. This hypothesis is linked with new approaches on Nation-state building and romanization.

Keywords : Argentina; 19th Century; Catholic Church; Holy See; Nation-state.