José Antonio Gentico (November 28, 1931 - April 5, 2007) was a

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of the

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. He served as

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from 2001 until his death in 2007.

Life

Born in

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, Gentico was

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to the priesthood on November 30, 1968. On March 21, 2001, he was appointed

and

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of '' Mizigi''. Gentico received his

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on the following April 28 from

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, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later

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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. Notes

...

, bishop of San Martín,

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, auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires, Joaquín Mariano Sucunza, and auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires,

Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo (20 May 1943 – 4 January 2021) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop. Melgarejo was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as titular bishop of ''Ucres'' and as auxiliary bish ...

, serving as

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. He died on April 5, 2007.

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 {{Argentina-RC-bishop-stub

Life

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