2023-05-26 11:59:41
True to his imprint, the Pope Francisco surprised in the last hours with the decision that a cure villero of Rio gallegos be the new archbishop of Buenos Aires before the resignation of the cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli. Is about Jorge Ignacio Garcia Cuerva55 years old, according to information released from the Vatican.
The appointment was made known in the last hours after the diffusion of the apostolic nuncio, Monsignor Miroslaw Adamczyk, through an article published in the AICA Agency. The new administrator of the Bishopric of Buenos Aires Until now, it fulfilled the same functions but in Río Gallegosprovince of Santa Cruz.
At the same time, Francisco accepted Poli’s resignation, which this Thursday, May 25, led its last Tedeum in the Metropolitan Cathedral on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of the Fatherland. There she gave a speech in which she issued a strong warning about poverty and its impact on children and adolescents and highlighted the need for consensus among those who think differently.
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Poli, who turned 75 in November last year, was appointed by the Pope as apostolic administrator of Buenos Ares, with the faculties of archdiocesan archbishop, until the inauguration of his successor, reported AICA.
It is not the first time that Francisco it looks at the provinces to elect a religious representative.
In one of the first decisions he made as Supreme Pontiff, he had to appoint his replacement to land in the Bishopric that he occupied until the white smoke catapulted him to Santa Marta. The chosen one back then It was Poli, who until then was bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, province of La Pampa, position that he held for almost five years (from June 2008 to May 2013).
Who is the new Buenos Aires bishop?
García Cuerva is a religious native of Río Gallegos, formed with studies in Philosophy and Theology. He received his priestly ordination on October 24, 1997, the year that was the starting point of an extensive career within the Church.
The new cardinal primate of Buenos Aires He has a major in Church History, who studied at the Argentine Catholic University (UCA). But he is also a lawyer, after several years of study at the Catholic University of Salta.
García Cuerva is accused of being part of the group of village priests, which he forms together with other religious who spread the word of the Bible in popular neighborhoods and escape the logic that the Church manages in general terms. And part of that merit is for his Experience working in the Buenos Aires suburbs.
How was Poli’s last Tedeum
For example, he was parish vicar of Our Lady of Cava (1997-2005); parish priest of St. Clare of Assisi (2005-2014) and parish priest of Our Lady of the Cava in Beccar, North Zone. He was also in charge of the Vice Presidency of diocesan Caritas of San Isidro, regional adviser of the Prison Ministry and secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Prison Ministry of the Argentine Episcopal Conference.
In his experience as a religious, he was also chaplain of various prisons in the province of Buenos Aires, and in 2017 Pope Francis appointed him titular bishop of Lacubaza and auxiliary of Lomas de Zamora.
Two years later, on January 3, 2019, Francis named him Bishop of Río Gallegosa position he has held up to now.
Ahead of this religious who comes from the south of the country has a very important challenge: Pope Francis has just ratified that intends to visit Argentina in 2024 and without a doubt that the new cardinal will have a key role in managing that trip.
Photos with Massa and Alicia Kirchner
When reviewing archival material of García Cuerva, photos emerge with various political leaders.
For example, he has maintained a well-oiled relationship with the current Minister of the Economy, Sergio Massaand his partner, the owner of Aysa, Malena Galmariniwhile he was auxiliary bishop in Lomas de Zamora.
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“Jorge understands what it is to fight against human trafficking because he did it with us in the suburbs Buenos Aires; knows what it is to fight against addictions because we work together to fight; knows what it is to transform a villa into a neighborhood. They are going to have someone very present and committed, with many human values and a great person,” Massa said during a trip to Río Gallegos in 2019, according to Ámbito.
The priest also knew how to build bridges with the governor of Santa Cruz, Alice Kirchnerand the former governor of Tierra del Fuego, Rosana Bertone, with whom he had public meetings with subsequent dissemination of photos.
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