Giancarlo Maria Bregantini
Giancarlo Maria Bregantini CSS (born September 28, 1948 in Denno ) is Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano .
Life
Giancarlo Maria Bregantini joined the Order of the Stigmatines , made his profession on June 13, 1974 , and was ordained a priest on July 1, 1978 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Locri-Gerace on February 12, 1994 and he was instituted on May 7 of the same year. The Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina , Giuseppe Agostino , donated him episcopal ordination on April 7th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Vittorio Luigi Mondello , Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova , and Giovanni Maria Sartori , Archbishop of Trento .
As a motto he chose Dominus meus et Deus meus . On November 8, 2007 he was appointed Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano and on January 20 of the next year he was introduced to the office.
Giancarlo Bregantini, who is also known as a critic of the Mafia , wrote the texts for the 14 Stations of the Cross , which Pope Francis prayed in the Colosseum on Good Friday 2014 .
Web links
- Entry on Giancarlo Maria Bregantini on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved July 18, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tens of thousands prayed the Way of the Cross with Pope Francis at the Colosseum , domradio.de , April 19, 2014
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Ciliberti |
Bishop of Locri-Gerace 1994-2007 |
Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini OM |
| Armando Dini |
Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano since 2007 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bregantini, Giancarlo Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denno |