Jorge Mayer (20 November 1915 – 25 December 2010) was the

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of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca,

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from 1972 to 1991.

Biography

Mayer was born in San Miguel Arcángel,

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; he was of

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descent. Ordained a priest on 24 March 1940, he was named

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of the Diocese of Santa Rosa,

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, on 9 July 1957. On 31 May 1972

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appointed him Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, succeeding Germiniano Esorto. He took over in a formal Mass on 21 July 1972 until he resigned to his Pastoral task on 31 May 1991, upon turning 80 years of age, as established by the Pope. He was succeeded by

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, becoming then

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, where he continued working actively , despite his age. Mayer spoke both

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and

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, as well as

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, among other languages. During the 1980s and 1990s he led many groups of pilgrims from Bahía Blanca to

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* * 1915 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina People from Buenos Aires Province Argentine people of Volga German descent Participants in the Second Vatican Council Place of death missing Roman Catholic archbishops of Bahía Blanca Roman Catholic bishops of Santa Rosa in Argentina {{argentina-RC-archbishop-stub

Biography

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