Héctor Rubén Aguer

Héctor Rubén Aguer (born 24 May 1943) is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of La Plata, province of Buenos Aires.

He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires on 26 February 1992; and consecrated by Cardinal Antonio Quarracino on April 4, 1992. On 26 June 1998, he was appointed Archbishop Coadjutor of La Plata. He took possession of the see on 8 September 1998. He became the seventh Archbishop of La Plata on 12 June 2000. Archbishop Aguer is now the Metropolitan of seven dioceses: Azul, Chascomus, Mar del PLata, Nueve de Julio, Quilmes, and Zarate-Campana. Archbishop Aguer is a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (CAL); member of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Goods of the Church; member of the International Council for Cathechese; member of the Pontifical Roman Academy Saint Thomas Aquinas; he is the Prior in Argentina of the Holy Sepulcher Order; the Chaplain of the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta. Archbishop Aguer is the president of the Commission of Catholic Education in the Episcopal Conference of Argentina.

Aguer is considered a representative of the conservative sector of the Argentine Church. In homilies and episcopal documents, he has harshly criticized the proposed legalization of abortion in Argentina, some government-sponsored sex education plans and contraception campaigns, the secularization of culture, the idea of abolishing the requirement of clerical celibacy, the persecution of and discrimination against Christians, consumerism, "rock culture", etc.

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