Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi
Bishop of Nueve de Julio
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Nueve de Julio
See:Nueve de Julio
Appointed:1 December 2015
Predecessor:Martín de Elizalde
Ordination:17 November 1990
Ordained By:Antonio Quarracino
Consecration:13 December 2008
Consecrated By:Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Birth Name:Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi
Birth Date:1961 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Veinticinco de Mayo Partido, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Previous Post:Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati (2008-15)
Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero (2008-15)
Coadjutor Bishop of Nueve de Julio (2015)
Alma Mater:Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
Motto:Sequere me
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi.svg

Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi (January 18, 1961) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Nueve de Julio since December 2015, after serving six months as coadjutor there. He was an auxiliary bishop of Santiago del Estero from 2008 to 2015.

Life

Born in Veinticinco de Mayo, Torrado Mosconi was ordained a priest on 17 November 1990 for the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.

On 22 November 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Santiago del Estero and titular bishop of Vicus Pacati.[1] Torrado Mosconi received his episcopal consecration on 13 December from Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis, with the Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Francisco Polti Santillán, and the auxiliary bishop of La Plata, Antonio Marino, serving as co-consecrators.

On 12 May 2015, Pope Francis named his bishop coadjutor of Nueve de Julio[2] and he succeeded as bishop there when his predecessor's resignation was accepted on 1 December.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. it . Holy See Press Office. 24 July 2024. 22 November 2008. Rinunce e nomine, 22.11.2008.
  2. it . Holy See Press Office. 24 July 2024. 12 May 2015. Rinunce e nomine, 12.05.2015 .
  3. it . Holy See Press Office. 24 July 2024. 1 December 2015. Rinunce e nomine, 01.12.2015.