Bishop Ernesto Giobando

Bishop Ernesto Giobando, S.J., Bishop of Mar del Plata, was born on December 13, 1959, in Santa Fe, Argentina. He is a member of the Society of Jesus. He was ordained a priest for the same institute on November 17, 1990. On March 5, 2014, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Appiaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires. He received episcopal ordination on May 3, 2014, at Buenos Aires, with Mario Aurelio Poli as principal consecrator and Jorge Rubén Lugones S.J. and Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche S.J. as co-consecrators. On January 17, 2024, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Mar del Plata. On December 12, 2024, he was appointed Bishop of Mar del Plata. He was installed as Bishop of Mar del Plata on February 22, 2025.