Mario Antonio Cargnello Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Mario Antonio Cargnello
Archbishop of Salta
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Salta
See:Salta
Appointed:6 August 1999
Predecessor:Moisés Julio Blanchoud
Ordination:8 November 1975
Consecration:24 June 1994
Consecrated By:Elmer Osmar Ramón Miani
Birth Name:Mario Antonio Cargnello
Birth Date:1952 3, df=yes
Birth Place:San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
Previous Post:Bishop of Orán (1994-98)
Coadjuator Archbishop of Salta (1998-99)
Second Vice-President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (2011-17)
Motto:Que se haga Tu voluntad
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Mario Antonio Cargnello.svg

Mario Antonio Cargnello (born 20 March 1952) is an Argentinian clergyman. He has been the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salta since 1999.[1]

Biography

Cargnello was born in Catamarca, Argentina.

He was ordained as a priest on 8 November 1975. On 7 Apr 1994 he was appointed as Bishop of Orán and was later ordained on 24 Jun 1994. Pope John Paul II appointed him as Coadjutor Archbishop of Salta on 24 June 1998. He started his current role as Archbishop of Salta on 6 August 1999, after the previous archbishop retired.[2]

In November 2011, he was elected as the second vice president to the Argentine Episcopal Conference.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello. 7 August 2015. Catholic-Hierarchy.
  2. Web site: Arzobispo de Salta. September 26, 2015. Arzobispado de Salta. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20100501053634/http://www.arquidiocesissalta.org.ar/arzobispo.html. May 1, 2010. dead.