Gian Franco Saba

His Excellency
Gian Franco Saba
Archbishop of Sassari
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Sassari
In office June 27, 2017
Predecessor Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M.Conv.
Orders
Ordination October 23, 1993
Consecration September 13, 2017
by Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Personal details
Born (1968-09-20) September 20, 1968
Olbia
Nationality Italy
Previous post Rector of diocesan Seminary, Sassari
Rector of Regional pontifical Seminary of Sardinia
Alma mater Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia
Patristic Institute Augustinianum
Institut Catholique de Paris
Motto Dilectione amplectere Deum
Coat of arms
Styles of
Gian Franco Saba
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style none

Gianfranco Saba is from 27 June 2017[1] the elected Archbishop of Sassari.[2]

Family life

Gianfranco Saba was born in Olbia in 1968, and was ordained as a priest in 1993. He continued his theological studies at Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia, and specialized at Patristic Institute Augustinianum. He also specialized at Institut Catholique de Paris.

He was rector of diocesan Seminary of Sassari and from 2000 to 2015 he was rector of Regional pontifical Seminary of Sardinia.

On June 27, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him as the new Archbishop of Sassari. He will be consecrated on September 13, 2013, by bishop of Ozieri Sebastiano Sanguinetti.

Publications

  • Il dialogo sul sacerdozio di Giovanni Crisostomo: sintesi tra paideia classica e paideia cristiana?, Bologna, Dehoniana Libri, 2012, ISBN 978-88-89386-44-6.
  • Scienze religiose e processo euromediterraneo, curatela, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2009, ISBN 978-88-498-2850-4.
  • Albino Morera: l'uomo e il pastore nel contesto socio-religioso nella Diocesi di Tempio-Ampurias, curatela con Angelo Setzi, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2004, ISBN 88-498-0646-9.

References

  1. ↑ Rinuncia dell’Arcivescovo Metropolita di Sassari (Italia) e nomina del successore
  2. ↑ Mons. Saba nuovo arcivescovo di Sassari
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M.Conv.		 Archbishop of Sassari
2017–present		 Succeeded by
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