Bishop Esteban María Laxague, S.D.B.

Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Mar 1957		Born
10 May 1982	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
31 Oct 2002	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina
21 Dec 2002	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Viedma, Argentina

MicroData Summary
Esteban María Laxague
Bishop Esteban María Laxague S.D.B.
(born 4 Mar 1957)
Bishop of Viedma

Ad Limina - March 2009: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Coronel Pringles
Ordained Bishop Polideportivo Angel Cayetano Arias, Viedma, Diocese of Viedma

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Viedma.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Neuquén
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Lomas de Zamora
Archbishop Jorge Mayer †
Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Marcelo Angiolo Melani, S.D.B. † (1993)
Bishop of Neuquén
Bishop Miguel Esteban Hesayne † (1975)
Bishop of Viedma
Bishop Manuel Marengo † (1950)
Bishop of Azul
Archbishop Nicolás Fasolino † (1932)
Archbishop of Santa Fe
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. (2005)
Bishop Pedro María Laxague (2006)
Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Scheinig (2017)
Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva (2018)
Bishop Horacio José Álvarez (2023)
Bishop Alejandro Nicolás Musolino, S.D.B. (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2715162783905466280002
WikiData: Q1369813

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Number 14,295

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