Eduardo Eliseo Martín Explained

Type:Archbishop
Eduardo Eliseo Martín
Archbishop of Rosario
Archdiocese:Rosario
Appointed:4 July 2014
Enthroned:24 August 2014
Predecessor:José Luis Mollaghan
Ordination:26 December 1980
Consecration:19 May 2006
Consecrated By:Paulino Reale Chirina
Birth Date:26 December 1953
Birth Place:Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina
Motto:El Verbo se hizo carne
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Eduardo Eliseo Martín
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Eduardo Eliseo Martín (born 26 December 1953) is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2014, he is the current Archbishop of Rosario and was the Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto from 2006 to 2014.

Ministry

Martín was ordained as a priest on 26 December 1980 and incardinated in the Diocese of Venado Tuerto. He worked primarily as a parish priest, he was also a lecturer at the seminary in La Plata and vicar general of the diocese.[1]

On 21 February 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Martín Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto.[2] He was consecrated bishop on 19 May by Bishop Emeritus Paulino Reale Chirina. On 13 March 2009, Martín performed his first quinquennial visit ad limina.[3]

On 4 July 2014, Pope Francis appointed Martín as Metropolitan Archbishop of Rosario.[4] The ingress took place on 24 August.[1] On 2 May 2019, Martín performed his second quinquennial visit ad limina.[5] On 11 February 2020, on the occasion of the World Day of the Sick, while celebrating Mass in the province of Santa Fe, he recalled that "life is sacred" and "belongs only to God" and considered it "sad and disappointing" that in the province of Santa Fe persist in applying the abortion protocols.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conocé a nuestro Pastor: Eduardo Eliseo Martin . . 2017-10-23 . es . 2020-06-15.
  2. Web site: RINUNCIA DEL VESCOVO DI VILLA DE LA CONCEPCIÓN DEL RÍO CUARTO (ARGENTINA) E NOMINA DEL SUCCESSORE . vatican.va . 2006-02-21 . it . 2020-06-15.
  3. Web site: Le Udienze, 13.03.2009. Bollettino della Sala stampa della Santa Sede. 13 March 2009. 4 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Nomina dell'Arcivescovo di Rosario (Argentina) . vatican.va . 2014-07-04 . it . 2020-06-15.
  5. Web site: Le Udienze, 2.05.2019. Bollettino della Sala stampa della Santa Sede. 2 May 2019. 4 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Arzobispo lamenta que no se respete la objeción de conciencia en Argentina. 14 February 2020. 4 June 2022.