José Antonio Gentico (November 28, 1931 - April 5, 2007) was a
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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. He served as
auxiliary bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
...
of
Buenos Aires
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from 2001 until his death in 2007.
Life
Born in
Arnedo,
Spain
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, Gentico was
ordained
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to the
priesthood on November 30, 1968.
On March 21, 2001, he was appointed
auxiliary bishop
An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions.
...
of
Buenos Aires
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and
titular bishop
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of ''
Mizigi''. Gentico received his
episcopal consecration on the following April 28 from
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later
pope Francis
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, with bishop of
Morón,
Justo Oscar Laguna
Justo Oscar Laguna (September 25, 1929 – November 3, 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón, Argentina.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, Laguna became a bishop in 1975 and retired in 2004.
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, bishop of
San Martín,
Raúl Omar Rossi, auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires,
Joaquín Mariano Sucunza, and auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires,
Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo, serving as
co-consecrators
A consecrator is a bishop who ordains someone to the episcopacy. A co-consecrator is someone who assists the consecrator bishop in the act of ordaining a new bishop.
The terms are used in the canon law of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churche ...
.
He died on April 5, 2007.
See also
*
Catholic Church in Argentina
The Argentine Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Argentina, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the Curia in Rome, and the Argentine Episcopal Conference.
According to the CIA World F ...
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
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