From The Tablet UK-Pope Francis has chosen Bishop Mario Aurelio Poli to succeed him as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, in the first episcopal appointment of his fledgling pontificate.
The 65-year-old native of the Argentine capital was an auxiliary bishop under then-Cardinal Jorge Bergolio before being named ordinary of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in 2008.
Archbishop-elect Poli has degrees in law and social sciences and social service in addition to a doctorate in theology. He has been a theology professor and seminary formator, as well as a parish priest.
The appointment was officially announced today in Rome and Buenos Aires just two weeks after Francis's election as Bishop of Rome and only hours before the priests and people of Argentina's primatial see were to gather for the annual Chrism Mass.
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