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 monsignor his very reverend excellency
guillermo josé garlatti

guillermo josé garlatti is the roman catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of bahía blanca .
he was born in forgaria nel fiurle , udine , northern italy on july 12 , 1940 .
his parents moved with him to la plata , argentina when he was a child , where he completed his primary and secondary education .
he is fluent in spanish , italian and latin .
he studied at the local seminary , and was ordained as a priest on july 5 , 1964 at st. cajetan church .
he obtained a degree in theology at universidad católica argentina and served as prefect at st. joseph seminary .
he moved to jerusalem where he completed biblical studies , which he then taught at the pontifical biblical institute in rome .
he was ordained a bishop in 1994 with title to the ancient see at acque regie and serving as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of la plata .
on february 20 , 1997 he was named bishop of the diocese of san rafael in mendoza province , argentina .
on march 11 , 2003 he was named archbishop of the archdiocese of bahía blanca -lrb- archdioecesis sinus albi -rrb- succeeding rómulo garcía , taking his seat on may 10 , 2004 .
he is an active member of the argentine national episcopal conference .
his pallium was imposed by pope john paul ii in saint peter 's square , the vatican on june 28 , 2004 in a formal mass of imposition .
his predecessors were archbishops rómulo garcía , jorge mayer , germiniano esorto and leandro b. astelarra , first archbishop of bahía blanca .
the ecclesiastical province of bahía blanca has the following suffragan dioceses : diocese of alto valle del río negro , diocese of comodoro rivadavia , diocese of río gallegos , diocese of san carlos de bariloche , diocese of santa rosa and diocese of viedma .
