Fernando Carlos Maletti
{{Short description|Argentine prelate of the Catholic church (1949–2022)}}
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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency The Most Reverend
| name = Fernando Carlos Maletti
| title = Bishop of Merlo-Moreno
| image = Fernando Carlos Maletti.jpg
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| caption = Maletti in 2013
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| diocese = Merlo-Moreno
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| appointed = 6 May 2013
| term_start = 9 June 2013
| term_end = 8 March 2022
| predecessor = {{ill|Fernando María Bargalló|es|v=ib}}
| successor = {{ill|Juan José Chaparro Stivanello|es|v=ib}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|03|17|df=y}}{{efn|name="birthyear"}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|03|08|1949|03|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| previous_post = Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche (2001–2013)
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| motto = {{br list | {{Lang|es|Consuelen a mi pueblo}} | (Comfort My People) }}
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| denomination = Catholic
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| ordained priest by = Juan Carlos Aramburu
| date of priestly ordination = 24 November 1973
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| consecrated by = Jorge Mario Bergoglio
| co-consecrators = {{ubl | {{ill|Rubén Oscar Frassia|es|v=ib}}, | Raúl Omar Rossi, | Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul }}
| date of consecration = 18 September 2001
| place of consecration = Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
| bishop 1 = {{ill|Juan José Chaparro Stivanello|es|v=ib|nobold=y}}
| consecration date 1 = 2013
| bishop 2 = {{ill|Oscar Eduardo Miñarro|es|Oscar Miñarro|v=ib|nobold=y}}
| consecration date 2 = 2016
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Fernando Carlos Maletti (17 March 1949{{efn|name="birthyear"}} – 8 March 2022) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church in Argentina. He served as bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche from 2001 until 2013 and as the bishop of Merlo-Moreno from 2013 until his death in 2022 at the age of 72.
Life and career
Born in Buenos Aires, Maletti was ordained to the priesthood on 24 November 1973. As a priest he served in various roles:
- 1973–1977 Cooperator Vicar
- 1977 Formator in the Major Seminary
- 1981–1983 Councilor of the Archdiocesan Council of Young Women of Catholic Action
- 1983–1988 Director of the "Saint Joseph" Vocational Institute
- 1988 Judge of the Interdiocesan Tribunal
- 1988 Parish Priest of San Cayetano, in Buenos Aires
- 1989–1990 Deputy Councilor of the Archdiocesan Council of Women of Catholic Action
- 1989 Dean of Deanery 11 of Buenos Aires
- 1989 Member of the College of Consultors and of the Presbyteral Council
On 20 July 2001, Maletti was appointed bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 18 September from Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires and later Pope Francis, with bishop of Avellaneda-Lanús, {{ill|Rubén Oscar Frassia|es}}, bishop of San Martín, Raúl Omar Rossi, auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires, Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul, and auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Eduardo Lozano, serving as co-consecrators. He was installed as bishop on 22 September 2001.
On 6 May 2013, he was appointed bishop of Merlo-Moreno installed on the following 9 June.
As part of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, Maletti served in different roles, including:
- President of the Episcopal Commission for Aid to Regions in Need
- Member of the Commission for Aborigines.
- Head of the national commission for the pastoral care of addictions and drug dependence
Maletti died on 8 March 2022 in Buenos Aires, at the age of 72, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina.https://aica.org/noticia-fue-postergada-la-cirugia-de-mons-maletti A funeral mass for Malettie was celebrated by the Archbishop of Buenos Aires and Cardinal Primate of Argentina, Mario Aurelio Poli, on 9 March at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Moreno.
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References
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| url = http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmaletti.html
| title = Bishop Fernando Carlos Maletti †
| language = en
| website = Catholic-Hierarchy.org
| publisher = David M. Cheney
| date = 9 October 2022
| access-date = 14 October 2022
}}
| url = https://www.barilocheopina.com/noticias/2022/03/08/58354-pesar-por-el-fallecimiento-del-ex-obispo-de-bariloche-fernando-maletti
| title = Pesar por el fallecimiento del ex Obispo de Bariloche, Fernando Maletti
| trans-title = Sorrow for the death of the former Bishop of Bariloche, Fernando Maletti
| language = es
| access-date = 9 March 2022
| publisher = Bariloche Opina
| date = 8 March 2022
}}
| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/07/20/0413/01209.html
| title = Rinunce e Nomine, 20.07.2001
| trans-title = Resignations and Appointments, 20.07.2001
| language = it
| date = 20 July 2001
| publisher = Holy See Press Office
| access-date = 14 October 2022
| id = B0413
}}
| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/07/20/0413/01209.html
| title = Rinunce e Nomine, 06.05.2013
| trans-title = Resignations and Appointments, 06.05.2013
| language = it
| date = 6 May 2013
| publisher = Holy See Press Office
| access-date = 14 October 2022
| id = B0275
}}
| url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/annuario/2022/04/07/variazioni-annuario-pontificio-n--4--15-marzo-2022-.html
| title = Variazioni All´Annuario Pontificio – N. 4
| trans-title = Variations to the Pontifical Yearbook 2002 – N. 4
| language = it
| date = 15 March 2022
| author = Secretariate of State, Central Office of Church Statistics
| publisher = Holy See Press Office
| access-date = 14 October 2022
}}
| url = https://episcopado.org/ver/1715
| title = Mons. Fernando Maletti se reunió con miembros de la comunidad de Alcohólicos Anónimos
| trans-title = Bishop Fernando Maletti met with members of the Alcoholics Anonymous community
| language = es
| date = 30 May 2018
| publisher = Episcopal Conference of Argentina Communication and Press Office
| access-date = 14 October 2022
}}
| url = https://aica.org/noticia-dolor-en-el-adios-a-mons-maletti-pastor-bueno-entregado-y-humilde-que-no-busco-halagos
| title = Dolor en el adiós a Mons. Maletti, pastor entregado y humilde que no buscó halagos
| trans-title = Pain in the farewell to Msgr. Maletti, a dedicated and humble pastor who did not seek flattery
| language = es
| publisher = Argentine Catholic News Agency
| date = 9 March 2022
| location = Moreno (Buenos Aires)
| access-date = 14 October 2022
}}
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| before = {{ill|Fernando María Bargalló|es|nobold=y}}
| title = Bishop of Merlo-Moreno
| after = {{ill|Juan José Chaparro Stivanello|es|nobold=y}}
| years = 2013–2022}}
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| before = {{ill|Rubén Oscar Frassia|es|nobold=y}}
| title = Bishop of San Carlos de Bariloche
| after = {{ill|Juan José Chaparro Stivanello|es|nobold=y}}
| years = 2001–2013}}
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Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Merlo-Moreno