Marcelo Daniel Colombo
Marcelo Daniel Colombo (born March 27, 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Roman Catholic prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of La Rioja since 2013.
Marcelo Daniel Colombo | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Mendoza | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Mendoza |
| See | Mendoza |
| Appointed | 22 May 2018 |
| Predecessor | Carlos María Franzini |
| Other post(s) | Second Vice-President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (2017-) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 December 1988 by Jorge Novak |
| Consecration | 8 August 2009 by Mario Antonio Cargnello |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marcelo Daniel Colombo 27 March 1961 |
| Previous post(s) |
|
| Alma mater | Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas |
| Motto | Conságralos en la veridad |
| Coat of arms | .svg.png.webp) |
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated at the College San Francisco de Sales in Buenos Aires for earning bachelor of expert mercantile. In 1989 he became a lawyer to conclude his legal studies at the University of Buenos Aires. In 1982 he entered seminary of Quilmes and Colombo studied philosophy at the Theological Faculty of Buenos Aires in Villa Devoto, while theological studies at the Center for Theological and Philosophical Studies of Quilmes.
Priesthood
On 16 December 1988, he was ordinated to the priesthood. In 1994 he obtained a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. On 8 May 2009 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the bishop of Orán and Luis Teodorico Stöckler, the bishop of Quilmes gave him the 8 August of the same year episcopal ordination, co-consecrators were Mario Antonio Cargnello, archbishop of Salta and Jorge Rubén Lugones, bishop of Lomas de Zamora. The ceremony took place on 22 August 2009. On 9 July 2013, Pope Francis appointed him as the bishop of La Rioja. On 22 May 2018, Pope Francis named him as the Archbishop of Mendoza and he will be enthroned in his new see on 9 August.