Mario Rizzi
Mario Rizzi (born March 3, 1926 in San Giovanni in Persiceto , Province of Bologna , Italy , † April 13, 2012 ) was a diplomat of the Holy See .
Life
Mario Rizzi, son of a farming family near Bologna , studied philosophy and Catholic theology and was ordained a priest on October 3, 1948 . After studying canon law , he entered the service of the Roman Curia . From 1982 to 1991 he was Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches .
On February 28, 1991, Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium and Apostolic Nuncio in Bulgaria . As such, he was the first nuncio after the fall of the communist regime and the first nuncio since the pontificate of John XXIII. The Pro-Secretary of the State Secretariat Angelo Sodano donated him the episcopal ordination on April 20 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev AA , Apostolic Exarch of Sofia , and Benito Cocchi , Bishop of Parma-Fontevivo .
He was a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and since 1997 advisor to the Congregation for the Eastern Churches . In 1987 he became a “Magister” at the Academiae Latinitati Fovendae . In 1990 he was invested in the order of knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem with the rank of commander . Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation in 1996.
Fonts
- "De triplici via", immersus in Saint Bonaventura's "Opera Omnia", 1976
- "Nel regno di Bertoldo", Rome 1976
- "Diadumena di Dio", Rome 1982
- "Catullus Auratus", Certamen Latinitatis, Verona 1988
- "Il trifoglio di San Patrizio", Rome 1989
- "In Laudem Finniae" 1997
- 8 personal notes on Latin in the post-synodal apostolic exhortation "Sacramentum Caritatis" of the Holy Father Benedict XVI in "Urbe" 2007
literature
- Alberto Forni: Sui sentieri di Papa Roncalli. La missione a Sofia di Mons. Mario Rizzi (1991-1996). Rogate, 2009.
Web links
- Entry on Mario Rizzi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 9, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b RIZZI Mario, (SER Mons.), Archbishop. ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Who is who in Italy , accessed April 15, 2012
- ↑ "KGB: MONS.RIZZI, assurdo DARE Importanza A QUESTE VOCI" , IGN, accessed 15 April 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rizzi, Mario |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop and diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Giovanni in Persiceto |
DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2012 |