Gathered in their 125th Plenary Assembly, the bishops of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) renewed their authorities for the next triennium.
In this way, the position of President of the Episcopate remained in the hands of the Archbishop of Mendoza, Mons. Marcelo Colombo, who until now served as 1st Vice President. He succeeds Bishop Oscar Ojea, Bishop of San Isidro, who completed two terms at the head of the CEA.
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He Cardinal Ángel Sixto RossiJesuit Archbishop of Córdoba, will be 1st Vice President; and the Bishop of Jujuy, Mons. César Daniel Fernández, will be 2nd Vice President.
Cardinal Rossi has been part of the Episcopate since December 2021, and was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in September 2023. He has a long history at the head of the social aid foundation Manos Abiertas, of which he is the founder.
The Auxiliary Bishop of San Isidro, Mons. Raúl Pizarro, who received episcopal consecration on February 26, 2021, from the hands of Mons. Oscar Ojea, will be general secretary.
The presidency of Cáritas, occupied until now by the Bishop of Quilmes, Mons. Carlos José Tissera, will be in charge of the Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires and Vicar General for the Villages and Popular Neighborhoods, Mons. Gustavo Carrara.
Monsignor Dante Braida, Obispo of La Rioja, will preside over the Episcopal Comisión de Pastoral Social.
The presidents of the remaining episcopal commissions, the two councils and the four episcopal delegations, as well as the regional delegates of the Permanent Commission, continue to be voted on by the bishops during Wednesday morning, which began with the Eucharist in memory of Saint Artemides Zatti, whom the Church – especially the Salesian family – celebrates today.
The celebration was presided over by the Archbishop of Santiago del Estero and Primate of Argentina, Mons. Vicente Bokalic – who will be created cardinal on December 7 -, accompanied at the altar by bishops of Patagonia, Mons. Fernando Croxatto and Mons. Esteban Laxague.
The Assembly of Bishops continues this Thursday with the vote on the budget and a report by the participants of the Synodal Assembly in Rome, held in October. Likewise, they will advance in the planning of the Jubilee Year proposed by Pope Francis.
The closing Eucharist of the Assembly will be on Friday, November 15 at 12:00 p.m. in the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, where the prelates will deliver the fruits of this meeting to the patron saint of Argentines.
Juliet Villar
I am a journalist, with a degree in communication from the National University of La Matanza in Argentina. I have work experience in non-governmental organizations. Since 2016 I have been dedicated to Catholic journalism, first at the Argentine Catholic Information Agency (AICA) and, since 2022, as ACI Prensa correspondent for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Bolivia.