Juan Carlos Maccarone (19 October 1940 – 29 March 2015) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was bishop of the Diocese of Santiago del Estero from 1999 to 2005, when he resigned after evidence he had engaged in same-sex relations with a 23-year-old man became public.
He studied law at the "Universidad del Salvador" and entered Sacred Heart Seminary of the Archdiocese of La Plata in 1960.
From 1969 to 1972 he was a professor at the Catholic University of La Plata and from 1973 to 1975 at the "Presbítero Antonio Saenz" faculty of the diocese of Lomas de Zamora.
He attacked the local police and government officials for corruption[8] He participated in the Dialogue Table sponsored by the Argentine episcopate during the crisis of 2001–2002 and frequently helped draft documents for the national bishops conference.
[10] He said he was the victim of an extortion scheme, an act of political revenge, and suggested the involvement of Carlos Juárez, the powerful longterm local governor.
The bishop of Santa Fe, José María Arancedo, praised his pastoral service as well as his prompt decision to resign.