Andrés Stanovnik
OFMCap
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(December 15, 1949) is a
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as
bishop
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of
Reconquista
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from 2001 until 2007, when he became archbishop of
Corrientes.
Life
Born in
Buenos Aires
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, Stanovnik became a member of the
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
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on July 16, 1978. He was
ordained
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to the
priesthood on September 2, 1978.
On October 30, 2001, he was appointed
bishop
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of
Reconquista
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. Stanovnik received his
episcopal consecration on the following December 16 from
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future
Pope Francis
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, with bishop of
Posadas,
Juan Rubén Martinez, bishop emeritus of
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,
Juan Rodolfo Laise, nuncio for Argentina, archbishop
Santos Abril y Castelló, and bishop of
Venado Tuerto
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History
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,
Gustavo Arturo Help, serving as
co-consecrators
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.
On September 27, 2007, he was appointed archbishop of
Corrientes.
External links
* catholic-hierarchy.org
Bishop Andrés Stanovnik
1949 births
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina
Living people
Capuchins
Argentine people of Slovenian descent
Roman Catholic archbishops of Corrientes
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