birth_place offices_held birth_date ordained article_title education name church
buenos aires , argentina rector & ndash ; 2000 -rrb- of the basilica of santa sabina -lrb- 1997 30 october 1956 1987 carlos azpiroz costa
 angelicum -lrb- j.c.d. 1992 -rrb- carlos alfonso azpiroz costa catholic church
carlos azpiroz costa

carlos alfonso azpiroz costa , o.p. , j.c.d. -lrb- born 30 october 1956 , buenos aires -rrb- is a roman catholic priest of the dominican order .
born in buenos aires , argentina , he was elected master of the order of preachers at the 2001 general chapter of the order in providence , rhode island .
in january 2008 , at the general chapter of the order in bogotá , he commented on his experiences in his role as master of the order : as master of the order , i am a missionary who strengthens my brothers and sisters scattered throughout the world .
i hear their stories and see their reality .
i remember the faces of christian families badly wounded at bahawalpur -lrb- pakistan 2001 -rrb- , the neighbors of our sisters in the poorest barrios of kinshasa -lrb- congo -rrb- , the children following us in cameroon , in the civil war square in campodos -lrb- tibú -rrb- , colombia , families fishing from the canoes off gizo in the solomon islands or in the urubamba river in the peruvian amazon .
during his tenure as master of the order he was ex officio grand chancellor of the pontifical university of saint thomas aquinas , `` angelicum '' in rome .
