Héctor Aguer

Infobox Christian leader type = Archbishop name = Héctor Rubén Aguer title = Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata image = Héctor Rubén Aguer (cropped).jpg church = Catholic Church archdiocese = Archdiocese of La Plata term = 12 June 2000 – 2 June 2018 predecessor = Carlos Walter Galán Barry successor = Víctor Manuel Fernández previous_post = Coadjutor Archbishop of La Plata (1998-2000)Titular Bishop of Lamdia (1992-1998)Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1992-1998) ordination = 25 November 1972 ordained_by = Juan Carlos Aramburu consecration = 4 April 1992 consecrated_by = Antonio Quarracino

Bishop He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires on 26 February 1992; and consecrated by Cardinal Antonio Quarracino on 4 April 1992. On 26 June 1998, he was appointed Archbishop Coadjutor of La Plata. He took possession of the post on 8 September 1998. He became the seventh Archbishop of La Plata on 12 June 2000.

Pope Benedict XVI named him a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on 24 February 2007, of the Pontifical Council for Culture on 17 January 2009, and of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on 8 October 2009. Aguer also received a papal appointment to the 2012 Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 2 June 2018.

He is a former Grand Prior of the Argentinian Lieutenancy of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.