Anunciado Serafini

{{Short description|Argentine Catholic bishop (1898–1963)}}

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| type = Bishop

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| name = Anunciado Serafini

| title = Bishop of Mercedes

| church = Roman Catholic Church

| diocese = Mercedes

| appointed = 18 March 1939

| term_start = 29 June 1939

| term_end = 18 February 1963

| predecessor = Juan Pascual Chimento

| successor = Luis Juan Tomé

| other_post = Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata (1935–1939)
Titular Bishop of Arycanda (1935–1939)

| ordination = 20 December 1924

| consecration = 25 July 1935

| consecrated_by = Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|2|18|1898|11|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Vigo, Francoist Spain

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| date of priestly ordination = 20 December 1924

| consecrated by = Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland

| co-consecrators = Fortunado Devoto,
Miguel de Andrea

| date of consecration = 25 July 1935

| bishop 1 = Vicente Alfredo Aducci

| consecration date 1 = 14 August 1960

| bishop 2 = Antonio Quarracino

| consecration date 2 = 8 April 1962

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Anunciado Serafini (16 November 1898 – 18 February 1963) {{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bserafini.html|title=Bishop Anunciado Serafini [Catholic-Hierarchy]|first=David M.|last=Cheney|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|accessdate=27 November 2018}} was the Roman Catholic bishop of what is now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina. Ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1924, Serafini was named Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata and Titular Bishop of Arycanda in 1935, and then Bishop of Mercedes in 1939.

On 8 April 1962, Bishop Serafini consecrated Antonio Quarracino to the episcopacy.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bquar.html|title=Antonio Cardinal Quarracino [Catholic-Hierarchy]|first=David M.|last=Cheney|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|accessdate=27 November 2018}} As Cardinal Quarracino later conducted the episcopal consecration of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the future Pope Francis, Bishop Serafini is part of that pope's episcopal lineage.{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbergj.html|title=Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|first=David M.|last=Cheney|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|accessdate=27 November 2018}}