Roberto Farinella

Coat of arms of Roberto Farinella.

Roberto Farinella (born May 24, 1968 in Castellamonte , Italy ) is an Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Biella .

Life

After attending the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale in Cuorgnè , Roberto Farinella entered the seminary of the Diocese of Ivrea in 1987 and began studying philosophy and Catholic theology at the Federazione Interreligiosa Studentati Teologici in Turin . From September 1993 to 1996 he was an alumne at the Almo Collegio Capranica in Rome . Farinella holds a degree in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University . On September 24, 1994, he received the sacrament of ordination through the Bishop of Ivrea, Luigi Bettazzi .

From 1996 to 1997 Roberto Farinella was the director of the diocesan center for vocations and youth pastoral care and as sub-rain of the seminary in Ivrea . In 1997 he became the parish administrator of the parish of San Giovanni Battista in Castellamonte. Was also Farinella marriage defender of the bond at the church court of the church Piedmont and from 1999 Judge . From 2001 to 2018 Farinella Regens was at the seminary in Ivrea. Since 2014 Roberto Farinella has also been pastor of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Ivrea and Episcopal Vicar for Consecrated Life and, from 2018, diocesan chancellor.

On July 27, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Biella. The Bishop of Ivrea, Edoardo Aldo Cerrato CO , donated him episcopal ordination on September 29 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the bishop emeritus of Biella, Gabriele Mana , and the bishop emeritus of Ivrea, Luigi Bettazzi. The inauguration took place on October 14, 2018.

Web links

• Entry on Roberto Farinella on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Biella (Italia) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , July 27, 2018, accessed July 27, 2018 (Italian). 

predecessor	Office	successor
Gabriele Mana	Bishop of Biella since 2018	...