Francesco Beschi
His Excellency Francesco Beschi | |
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Bishop of Bergamo | |
![]() Bishop Beschi in 2014 | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Bergamo |
Predecessor | Roberto Amadei |
Successor | TBD |
Orders | |
Ordination | 7 June 1975 |
Consecration | 18 May 2003 by Giulio Sanguineti |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-08-06) 6 August 1951 (age 73) Brescia |
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Francesco Beschi is the current bishop of Bergamo.[1]
Life
Francesco Beschi was born to a railroad worker and his wife on 6 August 1951 in Brescia. He grew up in Brescia and joined the seminary of his diocese in his youth. He became a priest in 1975 and for 12 years he was a parish priest in two parishes of Brescia. From 1987 he held various positions in the diocesan curia of the Diocese of Brescia. On 18 May 2003 he was consecrated as titular bishop of Vinda and assumed the duty as auxiliary bishop of Brescia. On 22 January 2009 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as bishop of Bergamo and on 15 March the same year he began his ministry as bishop of Bergamo. In 2011 he led the funeral of murdered teenager Yara Gambirasio.
References
- ^ "From an Italian website". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
External links and additional sources
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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Preceded by Roberto Amadei | Bishop of Bergamo 2009 - | Succeeded by incumbent |
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- Antonio Redetti (1731)
- Marco Molin (1773)
- Giampaolo Dolfin (1777)
- Pietro Mola (1821)
- Carlo Gritti Morlacchi (1831)
- Pietro Luigi Speranza (1854)
(after the Unification of Italy)
- Gaetano Guindani (1879)
- Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi (1904)
- Luigi Maria Marelli (1914)
- Adriano Bernareggi (1936)
- Giuseppe Piazzi (1953)
- Clemente Gaddi (1963)
- Giulio Oggioni (1977)
- Roberto Amadei (1991)
- Francesco Beschi (2009)
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