The constitution of Argentina from 1853 formally introduced the patronage of the Argentine legal system. Its foundations are to be found in the royal patronage, granted by the popes to the kings of Spain from the beginning of their presence in America. The issue of national patronage in Argentina was completed by signing the concordat in 1966. The removal of the constitutional provisions concerning patronage occurred with the constitutional reform in 1994. This institution has been the basis for the regulation of the relationship between the state and the Catholic Church throughout its application. Political proposals for its changes were the basis for the vision of the state presented by successive authorities.
*The project was financed from the funds of the National Science Center granted on the basis of decision number DEC-2017/01/X/HS5/00721 MINIATURA 1.
