Alfredo Zecca

Alfredo Horacio Zecca (born September 27, 1949) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as archbishop of Tucumán since 2011.

Life

Born in Buenos Aires, Zecca was ordained to the priesthood on November 19, 1976.

On June 10, 2011, he was appointed archbishop of Tucumán, after the retirement of archbishop Luis Héctor Villalba. Zecca received his episcopal consecration on the following August 11 from Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, the later pope Francis, then archbishop of Buenos Aires. Serving as co-consecrators were Estanislao Esteban Cardinal Karlic, archbishop emeritus of Paraná, Eduardo Vicente Mirás, archbishop emeritus of Rosario, Luis Héctor Villalba, archbishop emeritus of Tucumán, and Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi, auxiliary bishop of Santiago del Estero. He was installed on September 17, 2011.

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