Angel Gelmi Bertocchi

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Angel Gelmi Bertocchi (born April 24, 1938 in Gandino , Bergamo province , Italy ; † June 17, 2016 ) was an Italian clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Cochabamba in Bolivia .

Life

Angel Gelmi Bertocchi was ordained a priest on June 28, 1968 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Cochabamba and titular bishop of Forum Clodii on April 4, 1985 .

The Archbishop of Cochabamba, Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo SDB , ordained him on 29 June of the same year Bishop ; Co- consecrators were Giulio Oggioni , Bishop of Bergamo , and Luis Sáinz Hinojosa OFM , Archbishop of La Paz .

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on May 31, 2013.

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