Emilio Ogñénovich (January 25, 1923 – January 29, 2011) was the
Catholic
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bishop of the
Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján,
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. Ogñénovich was born to a father from
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and a mother "from
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or
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"; they both died when he was ten years old. Ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Ogñénovich was named in bishop in 1979 retiring in 2000. He died in 2011, four days after his 88th birthday.
On 27 June 1992 he was co-consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later
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, as bishop.
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1923 births
2011 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina
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