Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano Explained

Type:Bishop
Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Bishop of Tacuarembó
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Montevideo
Diocese:Tacuarembó
Term:June 19, 2018
Predecessor:Julio César Bonino
Ordination:September 21, 1986
Birth Date:21 October 1953
Birth Place:Nueva Helvecia
Previous Post:Vicar general in Mercedes
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano.svg
Nationality:Uruguayan
Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
Deathstyle:none

Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano is from June 19, 2018[1] the bishop of Tacuarembó.

Biography

Pedro Wolcan was born in Nueva Helvecia in 1953, and studied in the interdiocesan major seminary of Montevideo and was ordained priest on September 21, 1986, being incardinated in the diocese of Mercedes.

From 1986 to 1991 he was priest of the cathedral. In 2005 he became parish priest of Santísima Trinidad and, in 2006, parish priest of Nuestra Señora del Carmen.

Since 2015 he was vicar general of the diocese. On June 19, 2018 he was nominated bishop of Tacuarembó.[2] He was ordained bishop in the Cathedral of Tacuarembó on the following 12 August by bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal.

Notes and References

  1. https://it.zenit.org/articles/uruguay-nomina-del-vescovo-di-tacuarembo/ Uruguay: Nomina del Vescovo di Tacuarembó
  2. Web site: Papa Francisco nombra un nuevo obispo para Uruguay . June 20, 2018 . June 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620140057/http://www.radiomaria.cr/2018/06/19/papa-francisco-nombra-un-nuevo-obispo-para-uruguay/ . dead .