20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina

The list 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina includes Pope Francis. The list consists of 22 members.

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Pope Francis

Argentinean, Religion

Overview: Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2013 until his death. He was the first pope ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1936

Date of death: 21 April 2025

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

Occupation: Religion

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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2025 deaths 1,424T

Argentine anti-poverty advocates 11T

Time Person of the Year 88T
2.

Santiago Copello

Argentine cardinal

Overview: Santiago Luis Copello (7 January 1880 – 9 February 1967) was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1932 to 1959, and was elevated to the card ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1880

Date of death: 9 February 1967

Age: 87 (age at death)

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Pontifical Gregorian University alumni 577T

Archbishops of Buenos Aires 8T

Burials at Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral 12T
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Jorge Mayer

Argentine Roman Catholic archbishop

Overview: Jorge Mayer (20 November 1915 – 25 December 2010) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca, Argentina from 1972 to 1991.

Date of birth: 20 November 1915

Date of death: 25 December 2010

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

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Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T

Argentine people of German descent 324T

2010 deaths 8,925T
4.

Antonio Caggiano

Argentine cardinal

Overview: Antonio Caggiano (30 January 1889 – 23 October 1979) was an archbishop and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. He played a part in helping Nazi sympathisers and war criminals escape ...

Date of birth: 30 January 1889

Date of death: 23 October 1979

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

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People from San Jerónimo Department 13T

Argentine collaborators with Nazi Germany 2T

Archbishops of Buenos Aires 8T
5.

Mario Luis Bautista Maulión

Argentinian priest

Overview: Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (4 December 1934 – 27 September 2020) was an Argentinian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Date of birth: 4 December 1934

Date of death: 27 September 2020

Age: 85 (age at death)

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Tomás Juan Carlos Solari

Catholic bishop

Overview: Tomás Juan Carlos Solari (March 26, 1899 – May 13, 1954) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1943 till 1948, when he became archbishop of La Plata ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1899

Date of death: 13 May 1954

Age: 55 (age at death)

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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina 45T

Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T

20th-century Roman Catholic bishops 2,145T
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Carlos Walter Galán Barry

Catholic bishop

Overview: Carlos Walter Galán Barry (May 31, 1925 – January 25, 2003) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Morón from 1981 till 1991, when he became archbishop of La Plata ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1925

Date of death: 25 January 2003

Age: 77 (age at death)

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21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina 54T

20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina 45T

Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T
8.

Emilio Ogñénovich

Catholic bishop

Overview: Emilio Ogñénovich (January 25, 1923–January 29, 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. Ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Ogñénovich was named ...

Date of birth: 25 January 1923

Date of death: 29 January 2011

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

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Raúl Arsenio Casado

Roman Catholic archbishop

Overview: Raúl Arseno Casado (July 27, 1927 – July 20, 2010) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tucumán, Argentina.

Date of birth: 27 July 1927

Date of death: 20 July 2010

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

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Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T

2010 deaths 8,925T

1927 births 9,351T
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Nicolás Fasolino

Catholic bishop

Overview: Nicolás Fasolino (January 3, 1887 – August 13, 1969) was an Argentine Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santa Fe from 1932 until his death, and was elevated to the ...

Date of birth: 3 January 1887

Date of death: 13 August 1969

Age: 82 (age at death)

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Argentine cardinals 14T

Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T

Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI 145T
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Estanislao Esteban Karlic

Catholic bishop

Overview: Estanislao Esteban Karlic (born February 7, 1926) is an Argentine Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paraná from 1986 to 2003, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.

Date of birth: 7 February 1926

Age: 99

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina 20T

People from Villa María 21T

Pontifical Gregorian University alumni 577T
12.

Antonio Quarracino

Argentine cardinal

Overview: Antonio Quarracino (8 August 1923 – 28 February 1998) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina and the Archbishop of Buenos Aires between 1990 and 1998.

Date of birth: 8 August 1923

Date of death: 28 February 1998

Age: 74 (age at death)

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Italian emigrants to Argentina 92T

Archbishops of Buenos Aires 8T

Burials at Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral 12T
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Carmelo Giaquinta

Catholic bishop

Overview: Carmelo Juan Giaquinta (born 1930-06-22 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine bishop, currently the Archbishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Resistencia (province of Chaco).

Date of birth: 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: Argentinean

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina 20T

Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T

2011 deaths 8,708T
14.

Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland

Argentine bishop

Overview: Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland (24 December 1890 – 12 February 1962) was the Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina. Having consecrated Anunciado Serafini to the episcopacy, Guilland is in the episcopal lineage of ...

Date of birth: 24 December 1890

Date of death: 12 February 1962

Age: 71 (age at death)

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Fermín Emilio Lafitte

Argentine cardinal

Overview: Fermín Lafitte (November 2, 1888 – August 8, 1959) was an Argentine Roman Catholic cleric, serving as Archbishop of Córdoba and, briefly, as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Date of birth: 2 November 1888

Date of death: 8 August 1959

Age: 70 (age at death)

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French emigrants to Argentina 34T

Archbishops of Buenos Aires 8T

Burials at Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral 12T
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Anunciado Serafini

Catholic bishop

Overview: Anunciado Serafini (November 16, 1898 – February 18, 1963) was the Roman Catholic bishop of what is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. Ordained to the priesthood on December ...

Date of birth: 16 November 1898

Date of death: 18 February 1963

Age: 64 (age at death)

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Ramón José Castellano

Roman Catholic archbishop

Overview: Ramón José Castellano (15 Feb. 1903 – 27 Jan. 1979) was the Argentine Archbishop of Córdoba, known to have ordained to the Catholic priesthood Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., who later became Pope Francis ...

Date of birth: 15 February 1903

Date of death: 27 January 1979

Age: 75 (age at death)

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Vicente Faustino Zazpe

Archbishop of Santa-Fe

Overview: Monsignor Vicente Faustino Zazpe Zarategi (15 February 1920 – 24 January 1984) was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina.

Date of birth: 15 February 1920

Date of death: 24 January 1984

Age: 63 (age at death)

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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina 45T

Roman Catholic bishops of Rafaela 2T

20th-century Roman Catholic bishops 2,145T
19.

Jorge Manuel López

Catholic bishop

Overview: Jorge Manuel López (5 June 1918 – 22 December 2006) was an bishop. He was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, where he was ordained priest in 1942. He was appointed auxiliary bishop in the city's diocese ...

Date of birth: 5 June 1918

Date of death: 22 December 2006

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Argentinean

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Rómulo García

Catholic bishop

Overview: Rómulo García (1927 – December 18, 2005) was Roman Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca (Archidioecese Sinus Albis), Argentina. His title, in Latin, at the moment of his death ...

Date of birth: 1927

Date of death: 2005

Age: 77 (age at death)

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Argentina 20T

Argentine Roman Catholic archbishops 35T

21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops 506T