Michele Russo
Michele Russo MCCJ (born January 30, 1945 in San Giovanni Rotondo , † March 30, 2019 in Milan ) was Bishop of Doba .
Life
Michele Russo joined the order of the Comboni Missionaries , made his profession on September 9, 1969 , and was ordained a priest on March 18, 1970 . Since the 1980s he worked as a missionary in Africa.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on March 6, 1989 as the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Doba in Chad. The episcopal ordination donated him the Bishop of Sarh , Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi , on May 21 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Gabriel Régis Balet OFMCap , Bishop of Moundou , and Joachim N'Dayen , Archbishop of Bangui . In October 2012, he was expelled from the country for a sermon in which he questioned the use of funds from the oil business. The government reversed this decision two months later.
On January 30, 2014, Pope Francis accepted his resignation from the office of Bishop of Doba due to illness. Russo last lived in a nursing home run by the Comboni missionaries in Milan, where he died in March 2019.
Web links
- Entry for Michele Russo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Si è spento mons. Michele Russo, vescovo emerito di Doba (Ciad) , website of the city of San Giovanni Rotondo (Italian)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Russo, Michele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, bishop emeritus of Doba |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Giovanni Rotondo |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 2019 |
| Place of death | Milan |