Alphonso Beretta
Alfonso Beretta | |
|---|---|
 Monseigneur Beretta | |
| Born | 26 December 1911 |
| Died | 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Successor | Thumma Bala |
Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (26 December 1911 – 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta) was an Italian Bishop of Warangal.
Life[]
Beretta was born in Brugherio in 1911 on Boxing Day. He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1934 as a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan on 23 Dec 1950 and consecrated on 8 April 1951. He was appointed to be the Bishop of Warangal in India on 8 Jan 1953.[1]
Beretta retired on 30 November 1985 and he died in Warangal in 1998 as the Bishop Emeritus of Warangal.[2]
References[]
- ^ Diocese of Warangal GCatholic, Retrieved 9 August 2015
- ^ Alfonso Beretta, Catholic Hierarchy, Retrieved 9 August 2015
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from Brugherio
- Italian Roman Catholic missionaries
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India