Type: | Bishop |
Anunciado Serafini | |
Bishop of Mercedes | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Mercedes |
Appointed: | 18 March 1939 |
Term Start: | 29 June 1939 |
Term End: | 18 February 1963 |
Predecessor: | Juan Pascual Chimento |
Successor: | Luis Juan Tomé |
Other Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (1935–1939) Titular Bishop of Arycanda (1935–1939) |
Ordination: | 20 December 1924 |
Consecration: | 25 July 1935 |
Consecrated By: | Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1898 |
Birth Place: | Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
Death Place: | Vigo, Francoist Spain |
Anunciado Serafini (16 November 1898 – 18 February 1963) [1] was the Roman Catholic bishop of what is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. Ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1924, Serafini was named Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata and Titular Bishop of Arycanda in 1935,[1] and then Bishop of Mercedes in 1939.[1]
On 8 April 1962, Bishop Serafini consecrated Antonio Quarracino to the episcopacy.[2] As Cardinal Quarracino later conducted the episcopal consecration of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, Bishop Serafini is part of that pope's episcopal lineage.[3]