Mariano De Nicolò

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Mariano De Nicolò (born January 22, 1932 in Cattolica , Province of Rimini , Italy , † April 11, 2020 in Coriano ) was an Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Rimini .

Life

Mariano De Nicolò was the third of eight children of Giuseppe De Nicolò and Teresina nee. Vanni from Cattolica, on the Adriatic Riviera in the province of Rimini in Emilia-Romagna . Two of his brothers are Bishops Paolo and Pier Giacomo . After his theological training, Mariano De Nicolò was ordained a priest for the diocese of Rimini on April 9, 1955 .

From 1962 to 1965 he was assistant to Pericle Felici , general secretary of the Second Vatican Council . He was master of ceremonies for Popes Paul VI from 1967 to 1984 . , John Paul I and John Paul II. From 1984 to 1989 he was Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Legal Texts . In 1987 he was also appointed Secretary of the Central Committee for the Marian Year .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Rimini and San Marino-Montefeltro on July 8, 1989. The episcopal ordination received his Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara SDB on 23 September of the same year; Co- consecrators were Ersilio Tonini , Archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia , and Pier Giacomo De Nicolò , Apostolic Nuncio in Costa Rica . He resigned from his office as Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro on May 25, 1995. On July 3, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related resignation. He lived in the small family of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Montetauro (Piccola Famiglia dell'Assunta) and died after a long illness at the age of 88.

De Nicolò was committed to the "secular" issues of politics and citizenship and always pointed to the highest values ​​of civil coexistence as a compass and reference for a cohesive city. During his episcopate, the great restoration of the Tempio Malatestiano , the cathedral church of Rimini, took place. He was also extensively committed to the university location in Rimini. he was a sponsor of the new diocesan seminary in Covignano and the initiator of the establishment of the Marvelli Institute for Religious Studies (L'Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose “Alberto Marvelli”), named after Albert Marvelli . Mariano De Nicolò was also involved in 2004 for the beatifications of Alberto Marvelli in Loreto by Pope John Paul II (2004) and Sister Maria Rosa Pellesi in the Cathedral in Rimini (2007). On November 9, 2006, Monsignor De Nicolò received honorary citizenship from the Municipality of Rimini .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dopo una lunga malattia, si è spento il Vescovo Emerito Mariano De Nicolò. In: newsrimini.it. April 11, 2020, accessed April 12, 2020 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Giovanni Locatelli Bishop of Rimini
1989-2007 		Francesco Lambiasi
Giovanni Locatelli Bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro
1989–1995 		Paolo Rabitti
personal data
SURNAME De Nicolò, Mariano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop of Rimini
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Cattolica
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2020
Place of death Coriano