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Adolfo Armando Uriona

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Adolfo Armando Uriona
F.D.P.
Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Appointed 4 November 2014
Predecessor Eduardo Eliseo Martín
Previous post Bishop of Añatuya (2004-2014)
Orders
Ordination 28 June 1980
Consecration 8 May 2004
by Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Personal details
Born 27 May 1955
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Adolfo Armando Uriona F.D.P. (born 27 May 1955) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Añatuya from 2004 to 2014.

Life

Born in Mar del Plata, Uriona became a member of the Sons of Divine Providence on 8 March 1979. He was ordained to the priesthood on 28 June 1980.

On 4 March 2004, he was appointed bishop of Añatuya. Uriona received his episcopal consecration on the following 8 May from Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the later pope Francis, with bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, and bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires, Miguel Mykycej, serving as co-consecrators.