Bishop of Rafaela
Bishop Pedro Javier Torres was born on 31 December in Córdoba. After studying philosophy and theology at the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Major Seminary of Córdoba, he was awarded a licentiate in moral theology at the Alphonsianum Academy in Rome. He was ordained a priest on 6 December 1984. He has held the following offices: teacher, formator and rector of the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Major Seminary; parish vicar of San Juan Bosco, parish priest of La Resurrección del Señor y Nuestra Señora de Pompeya, Nuestra Señora de Luján y San Fermín, María Madre del Redentor y los Santos Juan y Pablo and Nuestra Señora del Valle; member of the Interreligious Committee for Peace; member of the College of Consultors; and diocesan spokesperson in the mass media regarding bioethics, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. On 16 November 2013 he was appointed titular bishop of Castellum in Numidia and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Córdoba. He received episcopal ordination on 27 December 2013. He is currently chair of the Episcopal Commission for ecumenism, relations with Judaism and with other religions. In addition, he is a member of the Council for Economic Affairs of the Argentine Episcopal Conference.