Giovanni D'Ascenzi

Giovanni D'Ascenzi (born January 6, 1920 in Valentano , Province of Viterbo , Italy , † February 26, 2013 in Monte San Savino , Province of Arezzo ) was Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro .

Life

Giovanni D'Ascenzi received in the June 19, 1943 Montefiascone the priesthood . In 1950 he completed his studies at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University . 1952 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed monsignor . Until 1975 he was director of the Coltivatore diretti . At the Second Vatican Council he played a key role in the drafting of the pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on October 7, 1975 Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana . The episcopal ordination donated him to the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops , Sebastiano Baggio , the same year on December 7; Co- consecrators were Ismaele Mario Castellano OP , Bishop of Colle di Val d'Elsa and Luigi Boccadoro , Bishop of Viterbo and Tuscania .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Arezzo, Cortona and Sansepolcro on April 11, 1983 . With the amalgamation of these dioceses on September 30, 1986, D'Ascenzi became the first bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro.

During his episcopate, Pope John Paul II visited Arezzo and Cortona in 1993, as well as the La Verna monastery and the Camaldolese monastery in Camaldoli and came to the Marian pilgrimage in 1995 and 1996.

On June 8, 1996, Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation due to reasons of age.

Web links

• Entry on Giovanni D'Ascenzi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 27, 2013.

predecessor	Office	successor
Luigi Pirelli	Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello 1975-1983	Eugenio Binini
Telesforo Giovanni Cioli OCarm	Bishop of Sansepolcro 1983–1986	---
Telesforo Giovanni Cioli OCarm	Bishop of Arezzo 1983–1986	---
Telesforo Giovanni Cioli OCarm	Bishop of Cortona 1983–1986	---
---	Bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro 1986–1996	Flavio Roberto Carraro OFMCap