Carlos Azpiroz Costa

Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa OP (born October 30, 1956 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is a Roman Catholic religious , former Superior General of the Dominican Order and Archbishop of Bahía Blanca .

Life

Carlos Azpiroz Costa began studying civil law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires. He entered the Dominican Order on March 1, 1980 and made his first profession on February 28 of the following year . He completed his law degree in Buenos Aires and completed his own degree in philosophy and theology with degrees from the University of the North Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina. On August 14, 1987, he received the sacrament of ordination .

In 2001 he was elected Master of the Order (Magister Ordinis) of the Order at the General Chapter of the Order in Providence . His official portrait as master of the order of the painter Massimiliano Pironti is in the Museum Santa Sabina, Rome, in the gallery of the order masters.

Pope Francis appointed him coadjutor archbishop of Bahía Blanca on November 3, 2015 . The Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Guillermo Garlatti , donated him episcopal ordination on December 22nd of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Concepción , Armando José María Rossi OP, and the former Bishop of Quilmes , Luis Teodorico Stöckler .

With the age-related resignation of Guillermo Garlatti on July 12, 2017, he succeeded him as Archbishop of Bahía Blanca.

Web links

Entry on Carlos Azpiroz Costa on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Coadiutore dell'Arcidiocesi di Bahia Blanca (Argentina). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 3, 2015, accessed November 3, 2015 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia e successione dell'Arcivescovo di Bahía Blanca (Argentina). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 12, 2017, accessed July 12, 2017 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Guillermo Garlatti	Archbishop of Bahía Blanca since 2017	---
Timothy Radcliffe	Master of the Dominican Order 2001-2010	Bruno Cadoré

personal data
SURNAME	Azpiroz Costa, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Azpiroz Costa, Carlos Alfonso (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine clergyman, former Superior General of the Dominicans, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires

[Bulletin-1] A ^b Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Coadiutore dell'Arcidiocesi di Bahia Blanca (Argentina). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 3, 2015, accessed November 3, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia e successione dell'Arcivescovo di Bahía Blanca (Argentina). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, July 12, 2017, accessed July 12, 2017 (Italian).