Rómulo García - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Rómulo García, was Roman Catholic Archbishop

Archbishop

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Emeritus

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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...

(Archidioecese Sinus Albis), Argentina

Argentina

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. His title, in Latin, at the moment of his death was Romulus, Archiepiscopus Emeritus Sinus Albinensis. His highest position was Archbishop from 1991 to 2002.
His style, as the one of any Archbishop or Bishop in Argentina is "His Very Reverend Excellency". Address style for them is Monsignor

Monsignor

Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...

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He was born in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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on March 24, 1927. Ordained as Priest on December 10, 1950, he was appointed as Bishop

Bishop

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of Uzita and Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

of the Diocese Mar del Plata, -suffragant of the Archdiocese of La Plata- on August 9, 1975. He became Bishop of Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"...

on January 19, 1976.

HH Pope

Pope

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John Paul II appointed him Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

of 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 May 31, 1991 taking over on a formal Mass on September 24, 1991. The chosen motto for his Coat of Arms was "Totus tum" ("completely yours", addressing The Lord). His predecessor was Archbishop

Archbishop

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Jorge Mayer

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

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He was reputed for his speeches, lectures, serene and reflective character. He was also appointed as a member of the Catholic Commission for homeless and refugees, in the Vatican

Vatican City

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whom her served until retirement.
As it is of common use in The Catholic Church and ruled by Pope

Pope

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John Paul II, he resigned to his Pastoral Duty on June 15, 2002 when he turned 80 years of age, becoming then Archbishop Emeritus, after which he decided to continue living in Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

, in a private home of his own. His successor is the present Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

of Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

HVRE Monsignor

Monsignor

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,...

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Monsignor Rómulo García died in Bahía Blanca

Bahía Blanca

on December 18, 2005.

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