Adriano Bernareggi (9 November 1884 – 1953) was an Italian Catholic archbishop.

Biography

Born in Oreno, near

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, was the brother of future bishop

Domenico Bernareggi Domenico Bernareggi (5 September 1877 – 22 October 1962) was an Italian churchman. He was born in Oreno, the brother of future archbishop Adriano Bernareggi. He was ordained as priest on April 14, 1900. He was named vicar capitular in 1945 by ...

. He was ordained a

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in 1907. He graduated from Pontifical

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, after graduation became a teacher of canon law at the

Roman Catholic diocesan

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. After a few years, Father

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offered him a post as professor of ecclesiastic law at Catholic University in

. Cardinal

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named him pastor at San Vittore al Corpo in

. On 16 December Pope

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appointed him coadiutor bishop with right of succession of the

Roman Catholic diocese of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo (; ; ) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

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in 1952. Bernareggi died on 23 June 1953. During his episcopacy in the territory of the diocese reported visions of Our Lady of Ghiaie di Bonate occurred.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernareggi, Adriano 1884 births 1953 deaths People from Vimercate Bishops of Bergamo 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Academic staff of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore