Vicente Bokalic Iglic
Vicente Bokalic Iglic C.M. (11 June 1952) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church. He led the Diocese of Santiago del Estero as bishop from 2013 to 2024 and then became its first archbishop when it was raised to the rank of archdiocese on 22 July 2024 and he was also given the title "Primate of Argentina". He was an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2010 to 2013.
Life
[edit]Born in Lanús, south of Buenos Aires, on 11 June 1952, Vicente Bokalic Iglic entered the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) in 1970. He studied philosophy at Jesuit Maximo College in San Miguel and theology at the Seminary of Buenos Aires. He took his final vows as a Lazarist on 5 June 1976. He was ordained a priest on 11 April 1978.[1]
He was responsible for the vocational and youth ministry of the Buenos Aires archdiocese and also parish vicar of Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa for the next two years. Within his order he was a formator and bursar from 1983 to 1986 and superior of their seminary from 1987 to 1990. He worked again at Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa Parish from 1991 to 1993. He was a missionary in the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes from 1994 to 1997 and then superior of his order's seminary in San Miguel from 1997 to 2000.[1]
After working as a missionary and parish priest in the diocese of Goya from 2000 to 2003, he was provincial superior of the Lazarists from December 2003 to December 2009, and then returned to Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa Parish for several months.[1]
On 15 March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Summa.[1] Iglic received his episcopal consecration on 29 May[2] from Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later Pope Francis, with archbishop of Corrientes, Andrés Stanovnik, and bishop of Santa Rosa, Mario Aurelio Poli, serving as co-consecrators.
On 23 December 2013, Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Santiago del Estero.[2] He was installed there on 9 March 2014.
On 22 July 2024, Pope Francis elevated the diocese of Santiago del Estero to the rank of archdiocese and named Iglic its first archbishop, while also giving him the title "Primate of Argentina".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.03.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 22.07.2024" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Archbishop Vicente Bokalic Iglic on Catholic Hierarchy