Giuseppe Molinari

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 Catholic bishop, who served as Archbishop of L'Aquila.

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

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

Bishop 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. Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi was appointed to be his successor.

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External links and additional sources[]

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of L'Aquila". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Archdiocese of L'Aquila official profile

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