Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso

Coat of arms of Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso

Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso (born October 6, 1964 in Vicenza , Italy ) is an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman and curial archbishop .

Life

Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso was born in Vicenza, but grew up in Laives in South Tyrol . On June 24, 1989, he received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Bozen-Brixen .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on June 22, 2010 secretary of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" .

On November 9, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and Titular Archbishop pro hac vice of Foratiana . The Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Fernando Filoni , ordained him episcopal on December 16 of the same year . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Bozen-Brixen, Ivo Muser , and the emeritus President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”, Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes .

Web links

• Entry on Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lo vedo poco ma semper vuol sapere della sua città , in: Alto Adige of June 23, 2004 (Italian)
2. ^ Nomina del Segretario del Pontificio Consiglio "Cor Unum" , in: Press Office of the Holy See : Daily Bulletin of June 22, 2010.
3. ^ Nomina del Segretario e del Segretario Aggiunto della Congregazione per l'Evangelizzazione dei Popoli. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 9, 2017, accessed November 9, 2017 (Italian).