Esteban María Laxague - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Esteban María Laxague, SDB (standing for Priest of Don Bosco, in Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

) is as of 2006 the Roman Catholic Bishop

Bishop

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of the Diocese of Viedma

Diocese of Viedma

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma is encompassed in the Ecclesiastical Province of Bahía Blanca. As of 2006 the Bishop is His Very Reverend Excellency Monsignor Esteban María Laxague, Salesian of Don Bosco appointed by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on October 31, 2002.The Diocese was erected...

(Dioecesis Viedmensis). As any other Archbishop or Bishop in Argentina, his style is His Very Reverend Excellency. Addressing style is Monsignor

Monsignor

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. He was born in Coronel Pringles

Coronel Pringles

Coronel Pringles is a town in the south of the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It is the head town of the Coronel Pringles Partido.The partido of Coronel Pringles was created in 1882 by the government of the Province of Buenos Aires who divided the territory of Tres Arroyos into the partidos of...

, Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Argentina

Argentina

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-close to Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca is a city located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and seat of government of Bahía Blanca Partido. It has a population of 274,509 inhabitants according to the...

- on March 4, 1957. His native tongue is Spanish

Spanish language

although he is fluent in French

French language

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(the language currently spoken by all of his family members) and Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

, mandatory among the Salesians.
He completed his secondary education at Colegio Don Bosco in Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

receiving his title of bachiller in 1979.
He was ordained Priest on May 10, 1982 after which he stayed in Neuquén

Neuquén

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and Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

becoming Director of School "La Piedad", belonging to the Order of the Salesians until 1990 when he was appointed Director of Colegio Don Bosco in the same city of Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

. He spent a year studying Theology

Theology

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in Rome

Rome

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. Then he was appointed Bishop

Bishop

of the Diocese of Viedma

Diocese of Viedma

on October 21, 2002 by HH Pope

Pope

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John Paul II taking over on a formal Mass on December 21, 2002 being ordained Bishop

Bishop

by Monsignor Marcelo Angiolo Melani and his co consacrators: Monsignor Agustín Roberto Radrizzani

Agustín Roberto Radrizzani

Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, SDB is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján....

and Monsignor Jorge Mayer

Jorge Mayer

Jorge Mayer was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina from 1972 to 1991....

-then Archbishop

Archbishop

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Emeritus

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of Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

-.
His brother, Monsignor Pedro Laxague, is the present Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

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and former Vicar

Vicar

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(or Chancellor) to Archbishop

Archbishop

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Guillermo José Garlatti

----Guillermo José Garlatti ----Guillermo José Garlatti ----Guillermo José Garlatti (Style: His Very Reverend Excellency, Monsignor Guillermo José Garlatti is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca. He was born in Forgaria nel Fiurle, Udine, Northern Italy on July 12,...

of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the eastern region of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its motherchurch, located in the city of Bahía Blanca, is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy...

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