Eugenio Corecco
Eugenio Corecco (born October 3, 1931 in Airolo ; † March 1, 1995 in Lugano ) was a Swiss clergyman, theologian, publicist and Roman Catholic bishop of Lugano .
Life
On October 2, 1955 he received in Bodio the priesthood . He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome , in Munich , where he received his doctorate in canon law in 1962 , and in Freiburg im Üechtland . In 1969 he became professor of canon law in Freiburg . He was dean of the theological faculty. On June 5, 1986, he was the Pope as Bishop of Lugano and appointed on 29 June 1986 gave him the Bishop of Sion Henri Schwery the episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were Ernesto Togni , bishop emeritus of Lugano and Pierre Mamie , bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg .
On April 27, 1992 he founded the Istituto Accademico di Teologia of Lugano, which was elevated to theological faculty by the Vatican on November 20, 1993 .
After a long illness, he died in the episcopal palace and was buried in the crypt of the Sacro Cuore basilica in Lugano Molino Nuovo .
Fonts
- Les droits fondamentaux du chrétien dans l'Eglise et dans la société: actes du IVe Congrès international de droit canonique , Friborg (Suisse) 6-11.X.1980.
- Ordinatio fidei: Writings on Canon Law , 1994.
- Théologie et droit canon: écrits pour une nouvelle théorie générale du droit canon 1990.
- The new canon law its introduction in Switzerland; Lectures at a conference at the University of Friborg in 1984.
- Theology of Canon Law: Methodological Approaches 1980.
- Ius et communio: scritti di diritto canonico 1997/1999.
- La formazione della Chiesa cattolica negli Stati Uniti d'America attraverso l'attività sinodale. Con particolare riguardo al problema dell'amministrazione dei beni ecclesiastici 1970.
literature
- Graziano Borgonovo, Arturo Cattaneo (eds.): Ius et Communio. 2 vol., Casale Monferrato 1997.
- Libero Gerosa, Ludger Müller (ed.): Ordinatio Fidei. Writings on canon law , Paderborn 1994.
- Patrick Le Gal, Friedrich Fechter, Bruno Wildhaber (eds.): Théologie et Droit Canon. Écrits pour une nouvelle théorie générale du Droit Canon , Studia Friburgensia, NS 68, Sectio canonica, Friborg / Svizzera, 1990.
- Filippo Lombardi, Giuseppe Zois: Siate forti nella fede. Lugano 1995.
- Antonietta Moretti: Eugenio Corecco. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 18, 2004 , accessed January 13, 2020 .
- Luciano Vaccaro, Giuseppe Chiesi, Fabrizio Panzera: Terre del Ticino. Diocesi di Lugano. Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 2003, pp. 178, 179, 182, 184-186, 188, 192, 193, 343, 344, 369, 399, 444, 459.
- Ernesto William Volonté: Eugenio Corecco. Un Vescovo e la sua Chiesa. 2 vol., Cantagalli, Siena 2005.
Web links
- Entry on Eugenio Corecco on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 5, 2016.
- Literature by and about Eugenio Corecco in the catalog of the German National Library
- Associazione Internazionale Amici di Eugenio Corecco (Italian) on amicicorecco.org/mons-corecco
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Ernesto Togni |
Bishop of Lugano 1986–1995 |
Giuseppe Torti |
Bruno Bernhard Heim |
Grand Prior of the Swiss Lieutenancy of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem 1994–1995 |
Henri Cardinal Schwery |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Corecco, Eugenio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Bishop of Lugano |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Airolo |
DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1995 |
Place of death | Lugano |