Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano

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Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano (born August 30, 1945 in Corrientes , † August 14, 2015 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine clergyman and bishop of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay.

Life

Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano joined Opus Dei and was ordained a priest on August 15, 1978 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Ciudad del Este on July 12, 2004. The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Asunción , Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga CSsR , on October 3rd of the same year; Co- consecrators were Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre SCI di Béth , Bishop of Encarnación , and Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina , Bishop of Caacupé .

Controversy over Carlos Urrutigoity

As Vicar General of his diocese, Livieres Plano appointed Father Carlos Urrutigoity , who was accused of sexual abuse in the United States; no indictment was brought because the Diocese of Scranton committed to pay $ 450,000 in damages, of which $ 300,000 was payable by Urrutigoity to an abuse victim. Livieres Plano had defended Urrutigoity against the abuse allegations and publicly called Archbishop Cuquejo Verga of Asuncion, who was launching an investigation into the matter, homosexual .

As a result, Pope Francis ordered an apostolic visitation by Cardinal Curia Santos Abril y Castelló in July 2014 . The ordinations scheduled by Livieres Plano were suspended by Abril. Bishop Livieres said that “bishops slandered him before the nuncio”. The Urrutigoity case is only a "pretext". Urrutigoity was released from his position as Vicar General in the summer of 2014 by Bishop Livieres.

On September 25, 2014 Pope Francis decreed the impeachment of Liviere as bishop of Ciudad del Este without giving a reason . The Vatican announcement of emeritus status stated that the "serious decision (...) is guided by the greater good of the unity of the Church of Ciudad del Este and the episcopal community of Paraguay". Bishop Livieres had been called to Rome while his retirement was announced and the locks at the episcopal residence in Ciudad del Este were being exchanged. Despite several requests to be received by Pope Francis in order to find out what he was being accused of and to be able to defend himself if necessary, the Pope refused an audience. In a statement, Bishop Livieres spoke of an “intrigue of other bishops”.

After his retirement, Bishop Livieres worked as a journalist, especially as an author for the Spanish-language news site Adelante la Fe . Livieres Plano died on August 14, 2015 in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://episcopal.org.py/news-item/fallecio-monsenor-rogelio-livieres-plano/
  2. ^ Paraguay: Cardinal of the Curia postpones ordinations , kath.net , July 29, 2014
  3. ↑ Separan a Urrutigoity de la Vicaría General ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Vanguardia, July 29, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vanguardia.com.py
  4. ↑ Livieres defiende a Urrutigoyti de "refrito de calumnias" , paraguay.com, 29 July 2014
  5. ^ Obispo dice que la CEP y el nuncio calumniaron. ABC Color, July 27, 2014, accessed January 5, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Avvicendamento del Vescovo di Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) , in: Press Office of the Holy See, Daily Bulletin of September 25, 2014
  7. ↑ Durísima réplica de Livieres. ABC Color, September 25, 2014, accessed January 5, 2017 .
predecessor Office successor
Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre SCI di Béth Bishop of Ciudad del Este
2004–2014 		Wilhelm Steckling OMI
personal data
SURNAME Livieres Plano, Rogelio Ricardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine clergyman, Bishop of Ciudad del Este
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Corrientes
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2015
Place of death Buenos Aires