Jorge Eduardo Lozano


Jorge Eduardo Lozano is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 2000 until 2005, when he became bishop of Gualeguaychú. He became Coadjutor Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo in 2016, and succeeded to the see in 2017.

Life

Born in Buenos Aires, Lozano was ordained to the priesthood on December 3, 1982.
On January 4, 2000, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Furnos Maior. Lozano received his episcopal consecration on the following March 25 from Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, archbishop of Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis, with the bishop of San Martín, Raúl Omar Rossi, and auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires, Mario José Serra, serving as co-consecrators.
He was appointed bishop of Gualeguaychú on December 22, 2005, and was installed on March 11, 2006. Pope Francis later named him coadjutor archbishop for the San Juan de Cuyo archdiocese in 2016, and he later became its archbishop on 17 June 2017.