Alfredo Battisti

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Alfredo Battisti (born January 17, 1925 in Masi , Padua province , † January 1, 2012 in Udine ) was Archbishop of Udine .

Life

Alfredo Battisti was ordained a priest on September 20, 1947 . In 1951 he completed a degree in canon law in Rome . He was Cancellarius Curiae and until 1972 Vicar General in the Diocese of Padua .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on December 13, 1972 Archbishop of Udine . The Bishop of Padua , Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon OFMCap , donated him episcopal ordination on February 25, 1973 ; Co- consecrators were Emilio Pizzoni , auxiliary bishop in Udine, and Giovanni Mocellini , bishop of Adria . On October 28, 2000, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. Until the appointment of his successor on January 7, 2001, he was Apostolic Administrator in Udine.

He was called the Bishop of the Earthquake (il vescovo del terremoto); After the earthquake in Friuli in 1976 , he was heavily involved in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia . In particular, the reconstruction of Rosazzo is attributed to him.

He died of a stroke .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "È morto monsignor Battisti, è stato il vescovo di terremoto e ricostruzione" , Il Gazzettino, January 1, 2012
  2. ^ "Per Monsignor Alfredo Battisti una laurea ad honorem in vista" (PDF; 33 kB), accessed on January 2, 2012
  3. "History of the Rosazzo Abbey" ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abbaziadirosazzo.it
predecessor Office successor
Giuseppe Zaffonato Archbishop of Udine
1972-2000
Pietro Brollo