Esteban María Laxague

, mandatory among the Salesians.He completed his secondary education at Colegio Don Bosco in Bahía Blanca receiving his title of "bachiller" in 1979.He was ordained Priest on May 10, 1982 after which he stayed in Neuquén and Bahía Blanca becoming Director of School "La Piedad", belonging to the Order of the Salesians until 1990 when he was appointed Director of Colegio Don Bosco in the same city of Bahía Blanca. He spent a year studying Theology in Rome. Then he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Viedma on October 21, 2002 by HH Pope John Paul II taking over on a formal Mass on December 21, 2002 being ordained Bishop by Monsignor Marcelo Angiolo Melani and his co consacrators: Monsignor Agustín Roberto Radrizzani and Monsignor Jorge Mayer -then Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca-. His brother, Monsignor Pedro Laxague, is the present Auxiliary Bishop and former Vicar (or Chancellor) to Archbishop Guillermo José Garlatti of the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca.

References and Links

* Roman Catholicism in Argentina
* [http://www.aica.org/aica/igl_arg/obispos/ob_biografias/Laxague.html Biografía de Monseñor Esteban Laxague]