Jorge Mayer was the Roman Catholic Archbishop

Archbishop

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 of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

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, Argentina

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 from 1972 to 1991.

He was born in San Miguel

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, Buenos Aires Province

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. Ordained a priest on 24 March 1940, he was named bishop

Bishop

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 of the Diocese of Santa Rosa

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa, Argentina

-Ordinaries:*Jorge Mayer *Adolfo Roque Esteban Arana *Atilano Vidal Núñez *Rinaldo Fidel Brédice...

, La Pampa Province

La Pampa Province

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, on 9 July 1957. On 31 May 1972 Pope Paul VI

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 appointed him Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, succeeding Germiniano Esorto.

He took over in a formal Mass on 21 July 1972 until he resigned to his Pastoral task on 31 May 1991, upon turning 80 years of age, as established by the Pope. He was succeeded by Rómulo García

Rómulo García

----Rómulo García, was Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca , Argentina. His title, in Latin, at the moment of his death was Romulus, Archiepiscopus Emeritus Sinus Albinensis...

, becoming then Archbishop Emeritus, where he continued working actively , despite his age. Mayer spoke both Spanish

Spanish language

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 and German

German language

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 as he was born in a colony of Volga German

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 settlers in Argentina, as well as Italian

Italian language

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, among other languages. During the 1980s and 1990s he led many groups of pilgrims from Bahía Blanca to Israel

Israel

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.