Vicente Faustino Zazpe
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 Vicente Faustino Zazpe Zarategi (15 February 1920 – 24 January 1984) was an archbishop
Archbishop
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 of the Roman Catholic Church
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 of Argentina
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Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

.

Zazpe (also sometimes spelled Zaspe) was born to Spanish Navarre
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 immigrants in Santa Fe
Santa Fe, Argentina
Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...

. He attended Buenos Aires Medical School and was ordained priest
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 on 28 November 1948. After Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII
-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...

 had appointed him Bishop
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 of Rafaela
Rafaela
Rafaela is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the ....

 on 12 June 1961, he took part in the Second Vatican Council
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. He succeeded as archbishop
Archbishop
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 of Santa Fe on 13 August 1969.

See also

  • Edgardo Gabriel Storni
    Edgardo Gabriel Storni
    Edgardo Gabriel Storni was the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina.Storni was ordered a priest on 23 December 1961, and was appointed Titular Bishop of Croae and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe in 1977...

  • Enrique Angelelli
    Enrique Angelelli
    Enrique Ángel Angelelli was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina, killed during the Dirty war for his involvement with social issues....

  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
    The Latin Rite Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Rafaela and Reconquista...

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