Military Bishopric of Argentina

Military Bishopric of Argentina Obispado Castrense de Argentina
Location
Country	Argentina
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	8 July 1957 (59 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Mary Star of the Sea in Buenos Aires
Patron saint	Our Lady of Luján
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede Vacante
Emeritus Bishops	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R.
Website
obispadocastrenseargentina.org

The Military Bishopric of Argentina (Spanish: Obispado Castrense de Argentina) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Armed Forces, National Gendarmerie and Naval Prefecture of Argentina.

It was created as a military vicariate on 8 July 1957, and elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986.^[1] Its patron saint is Our Lady of Luján and the Episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral of the Star of the Sea (Catedral Stella Maris) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Office holders

Military vicars

• Fermín Emilio Lafitte (appointed 1957 – resigned 1959)
• Antonio Caggiano (appointed 14 December 1959 – retired 7 July 1975)
• Adolfo Servando Tortolo (appointed 7 July 1975 – retired 30 March 1982)
• José Miguel Medina (appointed 30 March 1982 – became Mililtary Ordinary 21 July 1986)

Military ordinaries

• José Miguel Medina (appointed 21 July 1986 – died 7 March 1990)
• Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina, O.F.M. (appointed 8 November 1990 – died 28 August 2001)
• Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.Ss.R. (appointed 8 November 2002 – retired 15 May 2007)
• No military ordinaries appointed since 2007.

References

1. Spirituali militum curae. (in Latin) The Holy See: Apostolic Constitutions. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

• Obispado Castrense de Argentina (Official website, in Spanish)
• Military Ordinariate of Argentina (Catholic-Hierarchy)
• Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense de la Argentina (GCatholic.org)