Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi
Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero since his appointment by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on November 22, 2008. On Tuesday December, 1, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nueve de Julio.Life
Born in Veinticinco de Mayo, Torrado Mosconi was ordained to the priesthood on November 17, 1990, for the archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
On November 22, 2008, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago del Estero and Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati by then-Pope Benedict XVI. Torrado Mosconi received his episcopal consecration on the following December 13 from then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Primate of Argentina, the later pope Francis, with the then-Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Francisco Polti Santillán, and the Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Antonio Marino, serving as co-consecrators.
