José Antonio Gentico (November 28, 1931 - April 5, 2007) was a

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of the

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. He served as auxiliary bishop of

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from 2001 until his death in 2007.

Life

Born in Arnedo,

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, Gentico was

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to the priesthood on November 30, 1968. On March 21, 2001, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of

and

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of '' Mizigi''. Gentico received his episcopal consecration on the following April 28 from

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, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later

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, with bishop of Morón,

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, bishop of

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, auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires,

Joaquín Mariano Sucunza Joaquín Mariano Sucunza (15 February 1946) is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires since 2000. Life Born in Pamplona, Spain, to a family of shepherds based in Lecumberri in the Navarr ...

, and auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires,

Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo (20 May 1943 – 4 January 2021) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop. Melgarejo was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as titular bishop of ''Ucres'' and as auxiliary bis ...

, serving as

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. He died on April 5, 2007.

References

External links

* catholic-hierarchy.org
Bishop José Antonio Gentico
1955 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina Burials at Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral 2007 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina Roman Catholic bishops of Buenos Aires {{Argentina-RC-bishop-stub

Life

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