Moisés Julio Blanchoud (September 4, 1923 – February 28, 2016) was an Argentine
Prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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.
Blanchoud was born in
Esperanza, Argentina and was ordained a priest on December 14, 1947. Blanchoud was appointed auxiliary bishop of the
Diocese of Río Cuarto as well as titular bishop Belali on February 13, 1960, and ordained April 24, 1960. Blanchoud was installed as bishop of the
Diocese of Río Cuarto on March 7, 1963. Blanchoud was appointed to the
Archdiocese of Salta on January 7, 1984, and retired from the diocese August 6, 1999. In October 2002 Blanchoud was appointed
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz and resigned on March 30, 2003.
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Catholic-Hierarchy Salta Archdiocese
1923 births
2016 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina
20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Roman Catholic archbishops of Salta
People from Esperanza, Santa Fe
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