Antonio Riboldi
Antonio Riboldi IC (born January 16, 1923 in Triuggio , Lombardy ; † December 10, 2017 in Stresa , Piedmont ) was an Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Acerra .
Life
Antonio Riboldi joined the order of the Rosminians and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1951 .
Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Acerra on September 8, 1975. The Archbishop of Palermo , Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo , donated him episcopal ordination on March 11 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Costantino Trapani OFM , coadjutor bishop of Mazara del Vallo , and Clemente Riva IC, auxiliary bishop in Rome .
On December 7, 1999, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. Antonio Riboldi spent his retirement in Acerra near his home monastery.
Antonio Riboldi became known as a bishop in Sicily for his work against the Camorra and as a priest for the earthquake victims in the Belice Valley in the 1960s. He was one of the first bishops to use the internet for preaching.
honors and awards
- Honorary Citizenship of the City of Acerra (2015)
Fonts
- I miei 18 anni nel Belice , Cittadella editrice 1977, ISBN 9788830802322
- Chiesa, mafia, camorra , AVE 1984, together with Domenico Pizzuti
- Non posso tacere: il Sud non è l'inferno! , Rusconi 1993, ISBN 9788818121100 , together with Francamaria Trapani
- Madre della Chiesa , Piemme 1996, ISBN 9788838425400
- Per amore del mio popolo non tacerò. Dopo Falcone e Borsellino , Paoline Editoriale Libri 2003, ISBN 9788831524988
- I figli del terremoto. Memorie di monsignor Antonio Riboldi vescovo emerito di Acerra , Grafiche Santocono 2009, ISBN 9788896217023 , together with Antonino D'Anna
- Alla scoperta del Natale. Natale con le porte aperte , Elledici 2012, ISBN 9788801051773 , together with Vicki Howie, Krisztina Kállai Nagy
- Ascolta si fa sera , Edizioni Mondadori 2013, ISBN 9788852033599
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Morto monsignor Antonio Riboldi, prete dei terremotati e vescovo anticlan on ansa.it , December 10, 2017 (it.)
- ↑ Acerra, monsignor Riboldi: "D'Alise è un vescovo dall'umore semper positivo" on ecodicaserta.it , March 28, 2014 (Italian)
- ^ Antonio Riboldi, è morto il vescovo anti-camorra on huffingtonpost.it , December 10, 2017 (it.)
- ^ È morto don Antonio Riboldi, prete dei terremotati e vescovo anticlan on repubblica.it , December 10, 2017 (it.)
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Nicola Capasso |
Bishop of Acerra 1978–1999 |
Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Riboldi, Antonio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Acerra |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Triuggio , Lombardy , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2017 |
Place of death | Stresa , Piedmont , Italy |