Appointment of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina

The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Corrientes, Argentina, the Reverend Fr. José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M., guardian of the House of Formation of the Temporal Professed in the diocese of Merlo-Moreno, assigning him the titular see of Mauriana.

Reverend Fr. José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.

The Reverend Fr. José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M., was born in Adolfo González Chávez, province of Buenos Aires, on 3 April 1966 and was ordained a priest on 19 March 2004, and incardinated in the Order of Friars Minor. He graduated in pastoral theology from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Argentina.

He held various roles in the different areas of Argentina where the Franciscan communities are present: Río Cuarto, Salta, Lomás de Mariló, and Moreno.

He is currently Guardian of the Community of Friars Minor in the Diocese of Merlo-Morenus. He is also parish administrator of the Virgen de la Paz parish and was appointed as provincial definitor of his Order.