Gianfranco Gardin

Bishop Gianfranco Gardin OFMConv of Treviso with a shepherd's staff and miter

Archbishop's coat of arms

Gianfranco Agostino Gardin OFMConv (born March 15, 1944 in San Polo di Piave , Province of Treviso , Italy ) is a former Curial Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church and emeritus Bishop of Treviso .

Life

Gianfranco Gardin came to his school days in the Minorit one and put in on October 4th, 1965 Padua , the perpetual profession from. On March 21, 1970, he received the sacrament of ordination . Gardin was then sent to Rome to continue his studies . He was at the Pontifical Lateran University in specialized moral theology doctorate .

From 1973 to 1988 Gianfranco Agostino Gardin was Vice-Rector of the Theological Seminary of his order in Padua. He was also a lecturer in moral theology at the Institut Sant'Antonio Dottore and editor of the newspaper Messaggero di Sant'Antonio . In 1980 Gardin founded the magazine Credere oggi , of which he was director until 1998. From 1988 to 1995 Gianfranco Gardin was Provincial in charge of the Province of Padua and from 1995 to 2001 he was Minister General of the Franciscan Minorites. In 1999 Gardin became the representative of the Union of Superiors General at the Synod of European Bishops and finally in 2000 President of the Union. From 2005 to 2006 he was general director of the newspaper Messaggero di Sant'Antonio .

On July 10, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Cissa and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life . He was ordained bishop on August 26th of the same year by Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano in the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua. Co-consecrators were the archbishops Piergiorgio Silvano Nesti and Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei . On November 1, 2007, Gardin opted for the titular diocese of Torcello .

On December 18, 2009, Gardin was by Benedict XVI. appointed Bishop of Treviso and conferred the title of Archbishop ad personam on him. The inauguration took place on February 7, 2010.

On July 6, 2019, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation.

Web links

Entry on Gianfranco Gardin on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia del Segretario della Congregazione per gli Istituti di Vita Consacrata e le Società di Vita Apostolica e nomina del Successore , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of July 10, 2006.
^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo-Vescovo di Treviso (Italia) , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of December 18, 2009.
^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Treviso (Italia) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 6, 2019, accessed July 6, 2019 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Andrea Bruno Mazzocato	Bishop of Treviso 2009–2019	Michele Tomasi

personal data
SURNAME	Gardin, Gianfranco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gardin, Gianfranco Agostino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, former Archbishop of Curia of the Roman Catholic Church, emeritus Bishop of Treviso
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Polo di Piave , Treviso Province, Italy

[1] Rinuncia del Segretario della Congregazione per gli Istituti di Vita Consacrata e le Società di Vita Apostolica e nomina del Successore , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of July 10, 2006.

[2] Nomina dell'Arcivescovo-Vescovo di Treviso (Italia) , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of December 18, 2009.

[3] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Treviso (Italia) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 6, 2019, accessed July 6, 2019 (Italian).