Felice Accrocca
Felice Accrocca (born 2 December 1959) is an Italian ordinary of the Catholic Church and the current Archbishop of Benevento.[1] As the head of the Ecclesiastical Province of Benevento, Accrocca is the metropolitan for the neighboring suffragan dioceses.
Felice Accrocca | |
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Archbishop of Benevento | |
Archdiocese | Benevento |
Appointed | 18 February 2016 |
Installed | 12 June 2016 |
Predecessor | Andrea Mugione |
Orders | |
Ordination | 12 July 1986 |
Consecration | 15 May 2016 by Mariano Crociata |
Personal details | |
Born | Cori, Latina, Lazio | 2 December 1959
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Motto | Nisi dominus ædificaverit |
Styles of Felice Accrocca | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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Biography
Felice Accrocca was born on 2 December 1959 in Cori (within the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno), in the province of Latina, in the region of Lazio. He studied at the seminary of the Pontifical College Leoniano in Anagni. He was then ordained a priest in the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on 12 June 1986.[2] Following ordination, he became an associate pastor at the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Cisterna di Latina. In 1989, he became a parish priest at the Church of Saint Luke in Latina, where he remained until 2004. He was then transferred to the Church of Saint Pius X, also in Latina. Finally, he was appointed a parish priest at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Latina in 2012.
He was also the coordinator of the diocese's lay groups, managing editor of the monthly diocese magazine "Chiesa Pontina," and was the episcopal vicar for pastoral affairs.
Accrocca was also a professor of medieval history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he furthered his studies of the medieval Franciscans, publishing numerous essays.
Episcopal ministry
On 18 February 2016, Pope Francis appointed Accrocca Archbishop of Benevento, succeeding Andrea Mugione who retired due to age.[3] On 15 May he was consecrated a bishop by Mariano Crociata, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno and co-consecrators Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi and Archbishop Andrea Mugione.[4] He was installed on 12 June and received his pallium as metropolitan from Pope Francis on 29 June in St. Peter's Basilica.
He chose as his episcopal motto Nisi dominus ædificaverit (Unless the Lord build the house), the opening verse of (Psalm 127).
Works
- Angelo Clareno. Seguire Cristo povero e crocifisso, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 1994.
- Francesco e le sue immagini. Momenti della evoluzione della coscienza storica dei frati Minori (13th to 16th centuries), 1997.
- Francesco. Un folle per amore, Edizioni Paoline, 1998.
- Viveva ad Assisi un uomo di nome Francesco. Un'introduzione alle fonti biografiche di san Francesco, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2005.
- Francesco fratello e maestro, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2012.
- Schiavo in Egitto. La storia di Giuseppe, Edizioni Paoline, 2013.
- Francesco, un nome nuovo. Vita di un uomo santo, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2014.
- Identità complessa. Percorsi francescani fra due e trecento, 2014.
- La leggenda dei tre compagni, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2014.
- F. Accrocca - L. Bertazzo - P. Maranesi - L. Pellegrini, L'identità in cammino. Povertà e penitenza, predicazione e studi nello sviluppo dei testi legislativi dei frati Minori (13th-16th centuries), edited by A. Czortek, Cittadella editrice, 2014.
- Francesco e la Santa Chiesa Romana. La scelta del Vangelo e la codificazione difficile di un ideale, Cittadella editrice, 2015.
References
- "Pope appoints Don Felice Accrocca new archbishop of Benevento" (in Italian). Vatican Radio. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "Archbishop Felice Accrocca". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "Bulletin. Renunciations and appointments, 18.02.2016. Renunciation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) and the appointment of a successor". Vatican Press (in Italian). Vatican Press. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- "Diocese: Benevento, Msgr. Accrocca will be ordained Sunday, May 15. On June 5, the taking possession". Servizio Informazione Religiosa (in Italian). 5 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
External links
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Preceded by Andrea Mugione |
Archbishop of Benevento 2016–Present |
Incumbent |