Francesco Marino is an Italian ordinary of the

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and the current Bishop of Avellino.

Biography

Francesco Marino was born in Cesa, a ''

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'' in

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, Italy. He studied at the Campano Interregional Pontifical Seminary of

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(Posillipo) and was ordained a priest on 6 October 1979 in the Diocese of Aversa. On 13 November 2004,

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appointed him the Bishop of Avellino, succeeding Antonio Forte, who retired due to age. He was consecrated in the Aversa Cathedral on 8 January 2005 by Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe. and co-

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and Antonio Forte. He took the

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motto "''nos multi in illo uno unum''." On 31 July 2015, he served as principal consecrator of Sergio Melillo. In 2011, he was elected to the Episcopal Commission for the Campano Interregional Pontifical Seminary of

(Posillipo). On 11 November 2016, Marino was appointed the Bishop of Nola, succeeding Bishop Beniamino Depalma.

References

External links

Diocese of Avellino websiteDiocese of Nola website
Living people 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops People from the Province of Caserta Bishops of Avellino 1955 births {{21C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub