Ilario Antoniazzi

Ilario Antoniazzi (born April 23, 1948 in Rai di San Polo di Piave , Treviso Province , Italy ) is Archbishop of Tunis .

Life

Ilario Antoniazzi entered the Minor Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Beit Jala on December 24, 1962 . He received in the June 24, 1972 Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus by Patriarch Giacomo Beltritti the priesthood . In 1972 he became vicar in South Zarqa in Jordan , from 1975 pastor in Fuheis in Jordan, from 1976 vicar in Marka, Amman , and in 1980 parish pastor in Smakieh, Jordan. From 1992 to 1995 he studied theology of spirituality at the Teresianum in Rome. He was parish priest in Rameh in Galilee - Israel , (1995/2005), in Reneh, Israel, (2005/07), and again in Rameh (2007/11). In 2011 he was appointed General Director of the Latin Patriarchal Schools in Israel and is thus responsible for the 44 Catholic schools in the Patriarchate with over 19,000 Christian, Jewish and Muslim students in Palestine, Jordan and Israel.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Tunis on February 21, 2013 . The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Boutros Ibrahim Twal , ordained him episcopal on March 16 of the same year in the Basilica of the Annunciation ; Co- consecrators were Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham , Auxiliary Bishop in Jerusalem and Patriarchal Vicar for Jordan , and Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo , Patriarchal Vicar for Israel and Auxiliary Bishop in Jerusalem. He took office in Tunis on Sunday 7 April 2013. His episcopal motto is Turris Fortissima Nomen Domini - "A solid tower is the name of the Lord" ( Prov 18.10  EU ).

He speaks Arabic, Italian, English and French.

Web links

• Entry on Ilario Antoniazzi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved February 21, 2013.
• Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem : New Archbishop of Tunis , February 21, 2013

predecessor	Office	successor
Maroun Lahham	Archbishop of Tunis since 2013	---