 He completed his secondary education at Colegio Don Bosco in Bahía Blanca receiving his title of "bachiller" in 1979.He was ordained Priest on May 10, 1982 after which he stayed in Neuquén and Bahía Blanca becoming Director of School "La Piedad", belonging to the Order of the Salesians until 1990 when he was appointed Director of Colegio Don Bosco in the same city of Bahía Blanca.He spent a year studying Theology in Rome.