Argentine Catholic Archbishop Gabriel Mestre of La Plata has resigned unexpectedly, after only 8 months in the archdiocese, provoking a crisis in church governance in Argentina.

Archbishop Gabriel Mestre of La Plata has resigned unexpectedly after only eight months in the Argentine archdiocese previously headed by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, provoking a crisis in church governance in the South American country.

The Vatican did not disclose the reasons for Archbishop Mestre’s resignation.

The archbishop confirmed his resignation May 27, saying in a letter he was experiencing, “profound peace and total rectitude of conscience before God for how I acted.” He is only 55 years old – two decades younger than the typical retirement age of 75, when canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope.

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/05/28/argentina-archbishop-plata-resign-248033