Guido Luigi Bentivoglio
Guido Luigi Bentivoglio SOCist (born May 22, 1899 in Viterbo , Province of Viterbo , Italy , † December 8, 1978 in Catania ) was Archbishop of Catania .
Life
Bentivoglio entered the Cistercian order and was ordained a priest on June 10, 1922 . Pope Pius XII appointed him on July 27, 1939 Bishop of Avellino . He was ordained bishop on August 24th of the same year by Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi ; Co- consecrators were Patriarch Luca Ermenegildo Pasetto and Archbishop Francesco Petronelli .
During an Allied bombing raid on September 14, 1943, Bentivoglio and other clergymen helped to treat the injured.
On March 30, 1949, Pius XII appointed him. for Koadjutorerzbischof of Catania and Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria . On April 3, 1952, Bentivoglio became the new Archbishop of Catania. He participated in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . Pope Paul VI accepted his resignation on July 16, 1974, which he had submitted for reasons of age.
Guido Luigi Bentivoglio died four years later at the age of 79.
Web links
- Entry on Guido Luigi Bentivoglio on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 31, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Il bombardamento di Avellino. Raffaele La Sala, September 14, 2008, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved August 9, 2013 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Patané |
Archbishop of Catania 1952–1974 |
Domenico Picchinenna |
| Francesco Petronelli |
Bishop of Avellino 1939–1949 |
Giocchino Pedicini |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bentivoglio, Guido Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Catania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Viterbo , Viterbo Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1978 |
| Place of death | Catania |