Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva

Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian)

Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Apr 1968		Born
24 Oct 1997	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Isidro, Argentina
20 Nov 2017	49.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
20 Nov 2017	49.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lacubaza
3 Mar 2018	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lacubaza
3 Jan 2019	50.7	Appointed	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
26 May 2023	55.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
15 Jul 2023	55.2	Installed	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
28 Nov 2023	55.6	Appointed	Bishop of Argentina, Faithful of the Eastern Rites
2 Mar 2026	57.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of San Gregorio de Narek en Buenos Aires (Armenian), Argentina

MicroData Summary
Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva
(born 12 Apr 1968)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires

Ad Limina - May 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Río Gallegos, Diocese of Río Gallegos
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Cathedral, Lomas de Zamora, Diocese of Lomas de Zamora

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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto
Bishop of San Isidro
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J.
Bishop of Lomas de Zamora
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Óscar Vicente Ojea Quintana
Bishop of San Isidro
Bishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto
Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro
Bishop Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.
Bishop of Viedma
Bishop Miguel Ángel D’Annibale †
Bishop of Río Gallegos

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jorge Rubén Lugones, S.J. (1999)
Bishop of Lomas de Zamora
Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. † (1992)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Fabián González Balsa (2022)
Bishop Sergio Iván Dornelles (2024)
Bishop Pedro Bernardo Cannavó (2024)
Bishop Alejandro Daniel Pardo (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Federico Guillermo Wechsung (2023)
Bishop Juan Ignacio Liébana (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Río Gallegos, Diocese of Río Gallegos
Ordained Bishop	Nuestra Señora de la Paz, Cathedral, Lomas de Zamora, Diocese of Lomas de Zamora

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q43371171

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 20 Nov 2017
c1: CB, 20 Nov 2017
ob/c2: CB, 28 Nov 2017
c3+: CB, 29 Nov 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,683
ab: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2019
ab: Bollettino, 26 May 2023
i: AM, 18 Jun 2023
ab: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2023
ab: Bollettino, 2 Mar 2026

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