Emilio Ogñénovich

Emilio Ogñénovich (born January 25, 1923 in Olavarría , Province of Buenos Aires , † January 29, 2011 in Mercedes , Province of Buenos Aires) was an Argentine clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján .

Life

Emilio Ogñénovich, son of a Croatian immigrant family, greeted at the Basilica of the December 17, 1949 Luján the priesthood by the Bishop of Mercedes , Anunciado Serafini .

Pope John Paul II appointed him on October 1, 1979 during the military dictatorship of Argentina as titular bishop of Mibiarca and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca . He received his episcopal consecration on November 18, 1979, the Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Jorge Mayer ; Co- consecrators were Alejo Benedicto Gilligan , Bishop of Nueve de Julio , and Rómulo García , Bishop of Mar del Plata . His episcopal motto was In nomine tuo ("In Your Name").

On June 8, 1982, shortly before Pope John Paul II's visit to Luján, he was appointed Bishop of Mercedes. The inauguration took place two days later. With the elevation of the diocese to the archbishopric of Mercedes-Luján on November 21, 1997 he was appointed first archbishop. He was also the prelate of the most important place of pilgrimage in the country, the Basilica of Luján .

Ogñénovich was one of the leading conservative voices in the Argentine Church. He succeeded in reconciling the armed forces and guerrilla groups, which is regularly celebrated with a reconciliation mass ( Misa de la Reconciliación ) in the Basilica of Luján. In 2006 he visited the pilgrimage site Meugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina .

On March 7, 2000, his resignation was granted. He died after a long illness and was buried in the cemetery of the Santo Cura de Ars seminary in Mercedes.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Murió el polémico obispo Emilio Ogñénovich ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bahia Digital, January 29, 2011 
2. ↑ "Falleció Emilio Ogñénovich, arzobispo de emérito Mercedes-Luján" ( Memento of the original on 31 January 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Cadena 3, January 30, 2011 

Web links

• Entry on Emilio Ogñénovich on catholic-hierarchy.org
• La Nacion: Fallció monseñor Emilio Ogñenovich, January 29, 2011 (Spanish)

predecessor	Office	successor
Luis Juan Tome	Bishop of Mercedes 1982–1997	-
-	Archbishop of Mercedes-Luján 1997–2000	Rubén Héctor di Monte