Angelo Cuniberti

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Angelo Cuniberti IMC , also Ángel Cuniberti , (born February 6, 1921 in Mondovì , Italy ; † June 26, 2012 there ) was Vicar Apostolic of Florencia in Colombia .

Life

Angelo Cuniberti joined the Congregation of the Consolata Missionaries in and received on 29 June 1944, the priestly ordination . In 1952 he came to Colombia as a missionary.

Pope John XXIII appointed him on April 18, 1961 Vicar Apostolic of Florencia and Titular Bishop of Arsinoë in Cypro . The Pope himself donated him episcopal ordination on May 21 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were Fulton John Sheen , Auxiliary Bishop in New York , and Edoardo Mason MCCJ , Vicar Apostolic of El Obeid . He was a council father and attended all sessions of the Second Vatican Council .

On November 15, 1978, Pope John Paul II accepted his early resignation, presumably because of disputes with the Roman Curia.

Act

Angelo Cuniberti got involved in 1962 for the establishment of a teachers' association (Asociación de Institutores del Caquetá (Aica)) in Caquetá . He also suggested the establishment of the National Agricultural Federation (Federación Nacional Agraria) and the National Association of Smallholders in Colombia (Asociación Nacional de Usuarios Campesinos de Colombia - Anuc) and has made a significant contribution to making the organization of cooperatives possible.

With his commitment to a public university in Caquetá and thanks to his intervention in 1971, he founded the Instituto Técnico Universitario Surcolombiano (Itusco) in Florencia, the forerunner of today's Universidad de la Amazonia .

He was also committed to the organization of civil society in Caquetá and took action against social injustice; he enjoyed a high reputation among the population. Among other things, he is the namesake of the Premio Angel Cuniberti , the Institución Educativa Angel Cuniberti and other institutions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jorge Eliécer Quintero Cuellar: Premio Ángel Cuniberti para maestros del Caquetá , Semana, May 15, 2005 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ a b c Fallció Monseñor Ángel Cuniberti. La Nacion, June 27, 2012, accessed July 16, 2017 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Murió monseñor Ángel Cuniberti  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , RCN, June 27, 2012 (Spanish)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rcnradio.com  
  4. ^ Convocatoria Premio Angel Cuniberti al maestro del Caquetá , accessed on June 28, 2012 (Spanish)
predecessor Office successor
Antonio Torasso Vicar Apostolic of Florencia
1961–1978 		José Luis Serna Alzate
personal data
SURNAME Cuniberti, Angelo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cuniberti, Angelo IMC; Cuniberti, Angel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian religious and missionary, Vicar Apostolic of Florencia
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Mondovì
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2012
Place of death Mondovì