%0 Journal Article %T Una Iglesia a la medida del Estado: la formaci¨Žn de la Iglesia nacional en la Argentina (1853-1865) %A Lida %A Miranda %J Prohistoria %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article studies the process of formation of the state church in argentina, in parallel with the process of nation-state building during the state organization period. the creation of dioceses and archdioceses responded to a political project directly related with debates about the nation-state building and the problem of federalism. thus, the role played by the argentine nation-state in the construction of the argentine church was more important and determinant than the influence and the power of the saint siege, even in an era of romanization %K argentine catholic church %K relations with the saint siege %K dioceses %K archdioceses %K nation-state %K romanization. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-95042006000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en