Marcelo Colombo was born in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina, on 27 March 1961. He completed his philosophy studies at the Faculty of Theology of the
Catholic University of Argentina and theology studies at the Center for Philosophical and Theological Studies in
Quilmes. He was ordained a priest by
Jorge Novak, Bishop of Quilmes, on 16 December 1988. He earned a licentiate in canon law from the
Pontifical Gregorian University in 1994 and obtained a doctorate in canon law from the
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in 1995. He received his episcopal consecration from
Luis Teodorico Stöckler, the bishop of
Quilmes, on 8 August. The co-consecrators were
Mario Antonio Cargnello, archbishop of
Salta, and
Jorge Rubén Lugones, bishop of Lomas de Zamora. He was installed in his diocese on 22 August 2009. On 9 July 2013,
Pope Francis appointed him bishop of
La Rioja. He celebrated his installation Mass there on 7 September. He was installed there on 11 August. as first vice president on 10 November 2021, and as president on 13 November 2024. ==Notes==