Vatican
City, 28 March 2013
(VIS) – Today the Holy Father appointed Bishop Mario Aurelio Poli
as metropolitan archbishop of Buenos Aires (area 203, population
2,891,082, Catholics 2,647,000, priests 834, permanent deacons 7,
religious 2,379), Argentina. The archbishop-elect was born in Buenos
Aires in 1947, was ordained a priest in 1978, and received episcopal
ordination in 2002. Since ordination he has served in several
pastoral and academic roles, most recently as bishop of Santa Rosa,
Argentina. On the Argentine Episcopal Conference he was a member of
the Episcopal Commissions for Catholic Education and for Ministers
and is currently president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis
and Biblical Ministry.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
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