Clemente Gaddi
Clemente Gaddi | |
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Bishop of Diocese of Bergamo | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Diocese of Bergamo |
In office | 1963 - 1977 |
Predecessor | Giuseppe Piazzi |
Successor | Giulio Oggioni |
Orders | |
Ordination | September 18, 1926 |
Consecration | September 6, 1953 by Mgr |
Personal details | |
Born | Somana of Mandello del Lario, ![]() | 23 December 1901
Died | 7 November 1993 Bergamo | (aged 91)
Nationality | ![]() |
Previous post(s) | Diocese of Nicosia Archdiocese of Siracusa |
Styles of Clemente Gaddi | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | none |
Clemente Gaddi[1] (23 December 1901 – 7 November 1993)[2] was an Italian prelate who was bishop of Bergamo in the years after the Second Vatican Council.
Life[]
He was born in Mandello del Lario and ordained as a priest in 1926. From 1926 to 1953 he worked as professor of the seminary of Como and then prevost of Cernobbio.
In 1953, pope Pius XII named him bishop of Nicosia, and in 1962 pope John XXIII appointed him as Coadjutor archbishop of the Siracusa.
In 1963, after the death of bishop Giuseppe Piazzi he was named bishop of Bergamo with the personal title of Archbishop.
In 1977, he resigned from his post as bishop, and died in Bergamo where he is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Bergamo.[3]
References[]
- ^ C. Epis, Gaddi Vescovo tra la gente,2001[full citation needed]
- ^ http://portale.lombardinelmondo.org/nazioni/Europa/Articoli/storiaemi/gaddicle [self-published source]
- ^ From L'Eco di Bergamo website
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]
Categories:
- 1901 births
- 1993 deaths
- Bishops of Bergamo
- 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops
- People from the Province of Lecco