On 8 September 2024, Dom Santiago Maria Rios completed his six-year mandate as abbot of Azul (diocese of Azul, Argentina).
On 13 September 2024, at the request of Dom Vincent Rogers, abbot of Spencer and Father Immediate of Azul, the Abbot General, with the consent of his Council, asked the Holy See for permission to name Brother Mario Arredondo as superior ad nutum of the community, in accordance with the rescript of Pope Francis of May 2023 concerning non-cleric superiors.
The Holy See granted this permission on 11 November 2024, and on 8 December 2024 the Father Immediate appointed Brother Mario Arredondo as superior ad nutum of Azul.
Dom Mario was born in 1955 in Rosario, Santa Fe (Argentina). He entered Azul in 1977 and made his solemn profession in 1983. At the time of his appointment, he was cellarer of the community.
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