Carlos Azpiroz Costa
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The Most Reverend Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P. |
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| Archbishop coadjutor of Bahia Blanca | |
Mgr Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa in 2016
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Bahia Blanca |
| Appointed | 3 November 2015 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 August 1987 by Eduardo Francisco Pironio |
| Consecration | 22 December 2015 by Guillermo José Garlatti |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 October 1956 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Parents | Francisco Azpiroz Gil & Nélida Victoria Costa Colombo |
| Previous post | Master General of the Dominican Order (2001–2010); Rector of the Basilica of Santa Sabina (1997–2000) |
| Education | Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (J.D.); Angelicum (J.C.D.) |
Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P., J.C.D. (born 30 October 1956) is an Argentinian friar of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominicans, who serves as a prelate of the Catholic Church.
Azpiroz was born in Buenos Aires in 1956, the eighth of the 14 children (thirteen boys, one girl) born to Francisco Azpiroz Gil (died 1988) and Nélida Victoria Costa Colombo (died 1976). His father was an agricultural engineer who oversaw the large family holdings. His father's parents were immigrants from the Navarre region of Spain, while his maternal grandparents had come from Italy.
As a child, Azpiroz was enrolled at the Colegio Champagnat de Buenos Aires, run by the Marist Brothers, where he completed both his elementary education and his secondary, graduating in 1974. He then entered the law school of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA). After several years of study, he began to feel a certain restlessness about his future. In 1978 he met two professors at the university who were Dominican friars who taught moral theology at the law school. Through discussions with them and visits to their houses, he felt called to join their Order.
On 1 March 1980, Azpiroz was admitted to the novitiate of the Dominican Province located at the Priory of St. Martin de Porres, in Mar del Plata. After completing this initial stage of his formation in the Order, he professed temporary religious vows as a friar on 28 February 1981. During this period, he was permitted to take one final exam at the university, by which he earned his Law Degree from UCA, after which he went on to do his philosophy studies at the . On 10 March 1984, he professed solemn vows as a full member of the Order in that same priory.
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