- Guillermo José Garlatti
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Guillermo José Garlatti (Style: His Very Reverend Excellency,
Monsignor Guillermo José Garlatti, in Latin Guglielmo Archiepiscopus Sinus Albinensis), is theRoman Catholic Archbishop of theArchdiocese of Bahía Blanca . He was born in Forgaria nel Fiurle,Udine , North ofItaly onJuly 12 1940 . His parents and him moved toLa Plata Argentina when he was a child where he completed his primary and secondary education. He is fluent in Spanish, Italian andLatin .He studied at Seminar de La Plata being ordained as a priest on
July 5 1964 in San Cayetano Parish. He obtained a degree inTheology atUniversidad Católica Argentina and was Prefect in Seminar San José.He moved then to
Jerusalem where he completed Biblical studies, subject which he then taught atPontiff Biblical Institute of Rome .He was ordained Bishop in 1994 with a See at
Acque Regie andAssociate Bishop of theArchdiocese of La Plata . OnFebruary 20 1997 he was named Bishop ofDiocese of San Rafael inMendoza Province ,Argentina .On
March 11 2003 he was namedArchbishop of theArchdiocese of Bahía Blanca (Archdioecesis Sinus Albi) succeeding HVREMonsignor Rómulo García taking over onMay 10 2004 . He is active member of theArgentine National Episcopal Conference .HisPallium was imposed by HHPope John Paul II inSt Peter's Square , the Vatican onJune 28 2004 in a formal Mass of Imposition.His predecessors were HVRE MonsignorRómulo García , HVRE MonsignorJorge Mayer , HVRE Monsignor Germiniano Esorto and HVRE Monsignor Leandro B Astelarra, first Archbishop of Bahía Blanca.The
Ecclesiastical province ofBahía Blanca has the following Suffragant Sees:Diocese of Alto Valle del Río Negro ,Diocese of Comodoro Rivadavia ,Diocese of Río Gallegos ,Diocese of San Carlos de Bariloche ,Diocese of Santa Rosa andDiocese of Viedma .Address: Av. Colón 164, B8000FTO, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Tel/fax: 54 291 4550707 (from overseas);0291 4550707 (from anywhere in Argentina);4550707 (for local calls only).
ee also
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Roman Catholicism in Argentina
*Archbishops
*Canon law References
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbahi.html Catholic-Hierarchy] — Statistics on the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.
* [http://www.aica.org/aica/igl_arg/obispos/ob_biografias/Garlatti.htm Biografía de Monseñor Guillermo garlatti]
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