Gaetano Bonicelli

Archbishop's coat of arms by Gaetano Bonicelli

Gaetano Bonicelli (born December 13, 1924 in Vilminore di Scalve , Bergamo province , Italy ) is retired Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .

Life

Gaetano Bonicelli was ordained a priest on May 22, 1948 and was incardinated in the clergy of the Bergamo diocese . After missionary activities in Belgium , he became director of the Italian emigration and tourism plant in 1965. 1973 Bonicelli rose to the position of deputy secretary of the Italian Bishops' Conference .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on July 10, 1975 titular bishop of Musti and auxiliary bishop in Albano . The Archbishop of Bologna , Antonio Cardinal Poma , ordained him episcopal on August 26th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Clemente Gaddi , Bishop of Bergamo with the personal title of Archbishop , and Enrico Bartoletti , Archbishop of Lucca . On June 11, 1977 he was appointed Bishop of Albano .

On October 28, 1981, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Italica and Archbishop of the Italian Military Ordinary and on November 14, 1989, Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, with this episcopate he was President of the International Association of the Katharinaten . On May 23, 2001, John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. Gaetano Bonicelli has lived in a pilgrims' house in Stezzano near Bergamo ever since .

Web links

• Entry on Gaetano Bonicelli on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 12, 2017.
• Biography on the website of the Tuscan Bishops' Conference (Italian)

predecessor	Office	successor
Raffaele Macario	Bishop of Albano 1977–1981	Dante Bernini
Mario Schierano	Military Archbishop of Italy 1981–1989	Giovanni Marra
Ismaele Mario Castellano OP	Archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino 1989–2001	Antonio Buoncristiani