Luigi Ferrando

Luigi Ferrando
Bishop of Diocese of Bragança do Pará
Church Roman Catholic Church
See Diocese of Bragança do Pará
In office 1996 - 2016
Predecessor Miguel Maria Giambelli B.
Successor Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces O.A.R.
Orders
Ordination May 1, 1965
by Mgr Paolo Ghizzoni
Consecration May 5, 1996
by Cardinal Ersilio Tonini
Personal details
Born (1941-01-22) January 22, 1941
Agazzano

Luigi Ferrando (Dom Luís) (born January 22, 1941) is the emeritus bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará.

Biography

Ferrando was born in Agazzano, in the Province of Piacenza. He was ordained priest on May 1, 1965, by the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miniato Paolo Ghizzoni.

On May 5, 1996, Ferrando received episcopal ordination of Bragança do Pará from cardinal Ersilio Tonini. He replaced the previous bishop of Bragança Miguel Maria Giambelli; he was the first non-Barnabite bishop of Bragança from its elevation.

Ferrando retired on 17 August 2016.

Awards

Ferrando received the "Antonino d'oro" of the Province of Piacenza.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ (in Italian)www.liberta.it Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.

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