Bishop of La Rioja
Bishop Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón, Bishop of La Rioja, was born on July 18, 1968, in Reconquista, Argentina, in the Diocese of Reconquista. He was ordained a priest for Reconquista on April 21, 1996. On April 11, 2015, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Tanudaia and Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza. He received episcopal ordination on June 12, 2015, at Mendoza, with Carlos María Franzini as principal consecrator and Ángel José Macín and Martín Fassi as co-consecrators. On December 11, 2017, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza. He ceased to hold the office of Auxiliary Bishop of Mendoza on May 22, 2018. He ceased to hold the office of Apostolic Administrator of Mendoza on May 22, 2018. On December 13, 2018, he was appointed Bishop of La Rioja. He was installed as Bishop of La Rioja on December 28, 2018.