Emilio Ogñénovich

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Ordination history of
Emilio Ogñénovich
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byAnunciado Serafini (Mercedes)
Date17 December 1949
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJorge Mayer (Bahía Blanca)
Co-consecratorsAlejo Benedicto Gilligan (Nueve de Julio
Rómulo García (Mar del Plata)
Date18 November 1979
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Emilio Ogñénovich as principal consecrator
Herberto Celso Angelo19 March 1991

Emilio Ogñénovich (January 25, 1923 – January 29, 2011) was the

Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. Ogñénovich was born to a father from Cetinje and a mother "from Zadar or Split"; they both died when he was ten years old.[1] Ordained to the priesthood in 1949, Ogñénovich was named in bishop in 1979 retiring in 2000.[2]
He died in 2011, four days after his 88th birthday.

On 27 June 1992 he was co-consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis, as bishop.[3]

References

  1. ISSN 1840-1414
    . Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Catholic Hierarchy profile
  3. ^ "Bergoglio, Jorge Mario". Breve biografía de obispos (in Spanish). La Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2013.