Adriano Bernareggi

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Adriano Bernareggi (1884-1953) was born in Oreno on November 9, 1884. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1907. He graduated from Pontifical Gregorian University in canon law, after graduation became a teacher of canon law at the Milan Roman Catholic diocesan seminary. After a few years, Father Agostino Gemelli offered him a post as professor of ecclesiastic law at Catholic University in Milan.

Cardinal Achille Ratti named him pastor at San Vittore al Corpo in Milan. On 16 December Pope Pius XI named him coadiutor bishop with right of succession of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bergamo. In 1936 Bernareggi succeeded bishop Marelli as bishop of Bergamo. Bernareggi was promoted by Pope Pius XII as archbishop in 1952. Bernareggi died on June 23, 1953. It was during his episcopacy in the territory of the diocese that the reported visions of Our Lady of Ghiaie di Bonate occurred.