Emilio Ogñénovich

Emilio Ogñénovich
Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján
Archdiocese Mercedes-Luján
See Mercedes-Luján
Appointed 8 June 1982
Installed 10 June 1982
Term ended 7 March 2000
Predecessor Luis Juan Tomé
Successor Rubén Héctor di Monte
Orders
Ordination 17 December 1949
by Anunciado Serafini
Consecration 18 November 1979
by Jorge Mayer
Personal details
Born (1923-01-25)25 January 1923
Olavarría, Argentina
Died 29 January 2011(2011-01-29) (aged 88)
Nationality Argentinian
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Ordination history of
Emilio Ogñénovich
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by Anunciado Serafini (Mercedes)
Date 17 December 1949
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Jorge Mayer (Bahía Blanca)
Co-consecrators Alejo Benedicto Gilligan (Nueve de Julio
Rómulo García (Mar del Plata)
Date 18 November 1979
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Emilio Ogñénovich as principal consecrator
Herberto Celso Angelo 19 March 1991

Emilio Ogñénovich (January 25, 1923 – January 29, 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. Ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Ogñénovich was named in bishop in 1979 retiring in 2000.[1] He died in 2011, four days after his 88th birthday.

On 27 June 1992 he was co-consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, as bishop.[2]

References

  1. Catholic Hierarchy profile
  2. "Bergoglio, Jorge Mario". Breve biografía de obispos (in Spanish). La Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. Retrieved 15 March 2013.



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