Gianmarco Busca

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Coat of arms of Gianmarco Busca

Gianmarco Busca (born November 30, 1965 in Edolo , Province of Brescia , Italy ; also Marco Busca ) is an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Mantua .

Life

Gianmarco Busca studied at the Paolo VI seminary in Brescia and was ordained a priest on June 8, 1991 . After he was chaplain in Borno until 1994 , he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University until 1999 and was awarded a doctorate theologiae . He then became professor of sacramental theology at the seminary of Paolo VI . At the same time he was Vice Rector there until 2004. Busca also published several books on sacramental theology. In 2012 Busca became a lecturer in dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of Sacro Cuore in Brescia .

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Mantua on June 3, 2016. He was ordained episcopate on September 11th of the same year by Luciano Monari , Bishop of Brescia . Co- consecrators were Bruno Foresti , Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, and Busca's predecessor Roberto Busti . The inauguration took place on October 2, 2016.

On December 4, 2018, Busca granted remarried divorced people in individual cases access to ecclesiastical sacraments in his diocese.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ entry on lipaonline.org
  2. ↑ Announcement of the new bishop appointment on the homepage of the Diocese of Cremona (Italian)
  3. ↑ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Mantova (Italia) e nomina del successore , in: Press Office of the Holy See , Daily Bulletin of June 3, 2016 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Divorziati risposanti: mons. Busca (Mantova), “possono intraprendere un percorso ecclesiale di riconciliazione”
predecessor Office successor
Roberto Busti Bishop of Mantua
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personal data
SURNAME Busca, Gianmarco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busca, Marco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Mantua
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Edolo , Province of Brescia , Italy