Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (born 1930-06-22 in
Buenos Aires
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) was an
Argentine
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bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
, formerly the
Archbishop
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Emeritus
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of the
Diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
of
Resistencia (province of
Chaco).
Giaquinta was ordained
priest
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in Buenos Aires on 1953-04-04, at the age of 22. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of
Viedma (province of
Río Negro) on 1980-03-11. Six years later he was transferred to the diocese of
Posadas,
Misiones
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...
, and on 1993-03-22 again to Resistencia, where he exercised his ministry as Archbishop until his resignation, on 2005-04-01, as customary due to his age. He died on June 22, 2011
Views
Sex education
On 2005-11-06, in line with Catholic Church teaching, he criticized the project of a law of compulsory
sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual acti ...
which was under study in
Congress
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, stating that, in the case of its approval, he would "call Christians to
civil disobedience
Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". Hen ...
". This statement was a follow-up to similarly harsh criticism by Archbishop of
La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. According to the , it has a population of 654,324 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 787,294 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers (6 miles) inland from th ...
,
Héctor Aguer.
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy.org* Criticism of sex education law
2005-11-07. ''La parábola de Baseotto II.''
1930 births
2011 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina
People from Buenos Aires
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina
Roman Catholic bishops of Viedma
Roman Catholic bishops of Posadas
Roman Catholic archbishops of Resistencia
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