Renato Corti

Styles of
Renato Corti
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style not applicable

Renato Corti (born 1 March 1936) was Bishop of Novara[1] in years of 1990-2011. He was embrolied in scandal after Pope Benedict XVI on 7 July 2007 issued the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum liberalising the use of the Latin Mass. In November 2007 Corti suspended 3 priests who refused to celebrate Mass on Sunday, according to the newspaper La Stampa.[2]

Fathers Alberto Secci, Stefano Coggiola and Marco Pizzocchi refused to celebrate Sunday Masses after Bishop Corti said that they could not exclusively celebrate the traditional Latin Mass. Six hundred people signed a petition in support of their parish priest. While one group supported the priest’s decision, another complained that their children did not like the Mass celebrated in Latin.[3]

References

  1. ^ Thavis, John (14 February 2005). "Pope blesses pilgrims from apartment window; aide reads Angelus talk". Catholic News Service. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0500876.htm. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Owen, Richard (9 June 2008). "First parish to offer Mass in the Tridentine rite opens in Rome". The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4098089.ece. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "Italian bishop suspends priests for insisting on Latin Mass". CatholicCulture. 26 November 2007. http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=54959. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 
Preceded by
Aldo Del Monte		 Bishop of Novara
19 December 1990—24 November 2011		 Succeeded by
Franco Giulio Brambilla