Antonio Juan Baseotto
Antonio Juan Baseotto CSsR (born April 4, 1932 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine, Roman Catholic religious and bishop emeritus of the Argentine military ordinariate .
Life
Antonio Juan Baseotto joined the Congregation of the Redemptorists in and received on 6 April 1957, the priestly ordination .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya on February 1, 1991 . The Bishop of Añatuya, Jorge Gottau CSsR, donated him episcopal ordination on April 27 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Manuel Guirao , Bishop of Santiago del Estero , and Archbishop Ubaldo Calabresi , Apostolic Nuncio in Argentina .
With the retirement of Jorge Gott from CSsR, he succeeded him on December 21, 1992 as Bishop of Añatuya. He was appointed Bishop of the Argentine Military Ordinary on November 8, 2002, and was introduced to the office on December 18 of the same year. When he publicly criticized the law submitted by Néstor Kirchner 's government to legalize abortion , Kirchner relieved him of his functions as military bishop by decree. The Holy See stuck to Baseotto, but the army command made it practically impossible for him to exercise his office.
On May 15, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Silvia Stang: La Justicia ordenó pagar la jubilación al obispo Baseotto. Un fallo de segunda instancia favorece al prelado, removido de sus funciones por un decreto de Néstor. In: La Nación , September 19, 2013, accessed May 16, 2017.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Gottau CSsR |
Bishop of Añatuya 1992–2002 |
Adolfo Armando Uriona FDP |
| Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina OFM |
Bishop of the Argentine Military Ordinary 2002–2007 |
Santiago Olivera |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baseotto, Antonio Juan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine religious chaplain, former bishop of the Argentine military ordinariate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |