Vicente Bokalic Iglic

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Vicente Bokalic Iglic
Cardinal, Archbishop of Santiago del Estero
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Appointed22 July 2024
Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest of Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio (2024–)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination11 Apr 1978
Consecration29 May 2010
by  Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Created cardinal7 December 2024
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1952-06-11) 11 June 1952 (age 72)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentinian
Motto
  • Me envió a evangelizar a los pobres
  • (He sent me to evangelize the poor)
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Informal style Cardinal
See Santiago del Estero

Vicente Bokalic Iglic C.M. (born 11 June 1952) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church. He led the Diocese of Santiago del Estero as bishop from 2013 to 2024 and then became its first archbishop when it was raised to the rank of archdiocese on 22 July 2024 and he was also given the title "Primate of Argentina". He was made a cardinal on 7 December 2024. He was an auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2010 to 2013 while his archbishop there was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis.

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Life

Vicente Bokalic Iglic was born on 11 June 1952 in Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, on 11 June 1952. [1] His parents had emigrated there from Slovenia in 1949. [2] He entered the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) in 1970. He studied philosophy at the Jesuit Maximo College in San Miguel and theology at the Seminary of Buenos Aires. He took his final vows as a Lazarist on 5 June 1976. He was ordained a priest on 11 April 1978. [1]

He was responsible for the vocational and youth ministry of the Buenos Aires archdiocese and also parish vicar of Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa for the next two years. Within his order he was a formator and bursar from 1983 to 1986 and superior of their seminary from 1987 to 1990. He worked again at Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa Parish from 1991 to 1993. He was a missionary in the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes from 1994 to 1997 and then superior of his order's seminary in San Miguel from 1997 to 2000. [1]

After working as a missionary and parish priest in the diocese of Goya from 2000 to 2003, he was provincial superior of the Lazarists from December 2003 to December 2009, and then returned to Nuestra Señora de la Medalla Milagrosa Parish for several months. [1]

On 15 March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Summa. [1] Iglic received his episcopal consecration on 29 May [3] from Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, later Pope Francis, with Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik of Corrientes and Bishop Mario Aurelio Poli of Santa Rosa as co-consecrators.

On 23 December 2013, Pope Francis appointed him bishop of Santiago del Estero. [3] He was installed there on 9 March 2014.

On 22 July 2024, Pope Francis elevated the diocese of Santiago del Estero to the rank of archdiocese and named Iglic its first archbishop, while also giving him the title "Primate of Argentina". [4]

On 6 October 2024, Pope Francis announced that he planned to make Bokalic Iglic a cardinal on 8 December, [5] a date that was later changed to 7 December. [6]

On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal priests the title of Santa Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.03.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mons. Bokalic, nuevo obispo de Santiago del Estero" (in Spanish). Agencia Informativa Católica Argentina. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Rinunce e Nomine, 23.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 22.07.2024" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Annuncio di Concistoro l'8 dicembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 06.10.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Brockhaus, Hannah (12 October 2024). "Vatican Shares Pope Francis' Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali, 07.12.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
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