Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo


Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
Chancellor emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Chancellor emeritus of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Sorondo in 2020
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed5 October 1998
Term ended4 April 2022
SuccessorPeter Turkson
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination7 December 1968
by Antonio Caggiano
Consecration19 March 2001
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born (1942-09-08) 8 September 1942
Alma mater

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo (born 8 September 1942) is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences from 1998 to 2022. He was made a bishop in 2001. Having authored many publications in the sciences, he received several honors, including the Légion d’Honneur of France in 2000.