The Vatican reported this Saturday that Mons. José Adolfo Larregain is the new archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina), after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Mons. Andrés Stanovnik, who on December 15 turned 75, the age at which the bishops They present their resignation according to the Code of Canon Law.
For its part, Mons. Larregain assumes the position by having been appointed Archbishop of Corrientes in September 2024.
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He Code of Canon Law He points out that the “Bishop Coadjtor has the right of succession” and “immediately becomes a bishop of the diocese for which he was appointed” when he is vacant.
Biography of Mons. José Adolph Long
Mons. José Adolfo Larregain was born in the province of Buenos Aires on April 3, 1966.
He was ordained a priest in the Franciscan order of the younger brothers on March 19, 2004 and appointed by Pope Francis Auxiliary Bishop of Corrientes on March 21, 2020.
He received episcopal ordination on June 29, 2020 from the hands of Mons. Andrés Stanovnik. On September 27, 2024, the Pope appointed him Archbishop Coadjtor de Corrientes.
At the Argentine Episcopal Conference he is president of the Episcopal Commission of Pastoral of Migrants and Itinerant. His episcopal motto is “we are witnesses.”
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication of the National University of San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Press, I have been sent to cover the trips of Pope Francis to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synod of Sinodality in the Vatican in 2023.