Vicente Bokalic Iglic C.M. (June 11, 1952) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2010 until 2013, when he became bishop of

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Life

Born in Buenos Aires, Iglic became a member of the

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on June 5, 1976. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 11, 1978. On March 15, 2010, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of ''

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''. Iglic received his episcopal consecration on the following May 29 from

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, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later pope Francis, with archbishop of Corrientes,

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, and bishop of

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, Mario Aurelio Poli, serving as

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. On December 23, 2013, he was appointed bishop of

, where he was installed on March 9, 2014.

External links

* catholic-hierarchy.org
Bishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic
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