Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi
Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Nueve de Julio | |
 Torrado Mosconi in late 2014. | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Nueve de Julio |
| See | Nueve de Julio |
| Appointed | 1 December 2015 |
| Predecessor | Martín de Elizalde |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 November 1990 by Antonio Quarracino |
| Consecration | 13 December 2008 by Jorge Mario Bergoglio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi 18 January 1961 |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati (2008-15) Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero (2008-15) Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio (2015) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina |
| Motto | Sequere me |
| Coat of arms |  |
Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (January 18, 1961) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Nueve de Julio since December 2015, after serving six months as coadjutor there. He was an auxiliary bishop of Santiago del Estero from 2008 to 2015.
Life
[edit]Born in Veinticinco de Mayo, Torrado Mosconi was ordained a priest on 17 November 1990 for the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.[1]
On 22 November 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Santiago del Estero and titular bishop of Vicus Pacati.[1] Torrado Mosconi received his episcopal consecration on 13 December[2] from Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis, with the Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Francisco Polti Santillán, and the auxiliary bishop of La Plata, Antonio Marino, serving as co-consecrators.
On 12 May 2015, Pope Francis named his bishop coadjutor of Nueve de Julio[2] and he succeeded as bishop there when his predecessor's resignation was accepted on 1 December.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 22.11.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e nomine, 12.05.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Rinunce e nomine, 01.12.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
External links
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- Bishop Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi on Catholic Hierarchy
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