Carlos María Franzini (6 September 1951 – 8 December 2017) was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Rafaela from 2000 until 2012, when he became archbishop of Mendoza.
Life
Born in Buenos Aires, he was ordained to the priesthood on 13 August 1977, serving as a priest in the diocese of San Isidro.
On 29 April 2000, he was appointed bishop of Rafaela. Polti Franzini received his episcopal consecration on the following 19 June from Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto, bishop of San Isidro, with archbishop of Paraná, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, and archbishop of Mendoza, José María Arancibia, serving as co-consecrators.
On 10 November 2012, he was appointed archbishop of Mendoza, where he was installed on 9 February 2013.
He died on 8 December 2017, at the age of 66.[1]
References
- 1.En el Día de la Virgen María, murió el obispo de Mendoza Carlos María Franzini Deprecated link archived 2017-12-11 at archive.today (in Spanish)