Bishop Luis Alberto Fernández Alara was named Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina.
The diocese had been vacant since then-Bishop Carlos María Franzini was named Archbishop of Mendoza in November 2012.
Bishop Fernández Alara had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires.
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10 September 2013
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- Council of Cardinals
- Canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
- Bishop Julito Buhisan Cortes was named Bishop of D...
- Bùi Văn Ðoc named Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh Coadjutor
- Raffin retired, Lagleize named Metz Bishop
- Galrão Leite de Almeida named São Salvador da Bahi...
- dos Santos retired, Müller named Lorena Bishop
- Martín named Santa Rosa Bishop
- Fragnelli named Trapani Bishop
- Hebda named Newark Coadjutor
- Jacobs retired, Fabre named Houma-Thibodaux Bishop
- Monteiro de Castro retired, Piacenza named Major P...
- Stella named Clergy Prefect
- Patrón Wong named Clergy Official
- Gloder named Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy Pre...
- Eterović named Germany Nuncio
- Di Noia named Doctrine of the Faith Official
- Baldisseri named Synod of Bishops Secretary General
- Adamczyk named Sierra Leone Nuncio
- Kinney retired, Kettler named Saint Cloud Bishop
- Burgess retired as Wewak Bishop
- Avila resigned, López named Tadjikistan Superior
- Grings retired, Spengler named Porto Alegre Archbi...
- Rinaldi retired, Di Donna named Acerra Bishop
- Brom retired, Flores succeeded as San Diego Bishop
- Zollitsch retired as Freiburg im Breisgau Archbishop
- Simo retired as Bafoussam Auxiliary
- Alminaza named San Carlos Bishop
- Prowse named Canberra-Goulburn Archbishop
- Fernández Alara named Rafaela Bishop
- Radspieler retired as Bamberg Auxiliary
- Le Boulc’h named Coutances Bishop
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