Giuseppe Molinari

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Styles of Giuseppe Molinari

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Giuseppe Molinari (born January 11, 1938 in Scoppito, L'Aquila Province) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of L'Aquila.

Born in Scoppito, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1962.

On September 30, 1989, Molinari was appointed Bishop of Rieti by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 8 from Archbishop Mario Peressin, with Bishop Francesco Amadio and Archbishop Cleto Bellucci serving as co-consecrators.

Molinari was later named Coadjutor Archbishop of L'Aquila on March 16, 1996. He succeeded Archbishop Peressin as Archbishop of L'Aquila upon the latter's resignation on June 6, 1998.

Archbishop Molinari took an active role in dealing with the aftermath of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake disaster and has also been involved in the reconstruction process.^[1]

On 8 June 2013 he retired as archbishop. Pope Francis appointed Giuseppe Petrocchi as his successor.

References

↑ TERREMOTO: PROPOSTE CONFCOOPERATIVE L'AQUILA PER LA RICOSTRUZIONE AGI. May 6, 2010

External links

Archdiocese of L'Aquila official profile

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francesco Amadio	Bishop of Rieti 1989 – 1996	Succeeded by Delio Lucarelli
Preceded by Mario Peressin	Archbishop of L'Aquila 1998 – 2013	Succeeded by Giuseppe Petrocchi

Authority control	VIAF: 74159835 ISNI: 0000 0000 7819 9823

Persondata
Name	Molinari, Giuseppe
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	January 11, 1938
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.