Angelo Spinillo (born 1 May 1951,

Sant'Arsenio Sant'Arsenio is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy, located about 180 km southeast of Naples and about 76 km southeast of Salerno. As of 30 June 2006, it had a population of 2,7 ...

) is an

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Life and career

He obtained a license in prophetic pastoral theology at the

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. On 15 July 1978 he was ordained

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by the

Umberto Altomare.

Bishop

On 18 March 2000, he was elected bishop of Teggiano-Policastro. On 13 May of the same year, he received the

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from

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. He is a member of the

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. In 2006, he closed the

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with the theme "I called you friends". On 5 June 2007, the diocesan museum of

Teggiano Teggiano (formerly Diano; Teggianese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno. It is situated on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley to which it gives the name of Vallo di Diano. Among t ...

reopened after a long closing period. In the same year, at the conclusion of the 18th diocesan pastoral convention, on 19 September 2007, the diocesan beatification process was opened for its predecessor Federico Pezzullo,

of Policastro. In 2009, he founded the diocesan magazine Mete magazine. In the same year he defended the work of two priests of his diocese who came into conflict with their parishioners: Don Pasquale Pellegrino, from

Torre Orsaia Torre Orsaia ( Cilentan: ''La Turri'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. History The settlement, originally named ''Turris Ursajae'', was founded in the 11th century, in the current ...

, unjustly accused of being the lover of local women, and Don Gianni Citro Lentiscosa, already in shock for the management of a village party with his parishioners who later wanted to remove him after his registration with the PD Italian party. The bishop reminds Fr Gianni Citro that canon law limits the possibilities of political commitment of priests. On 15 January 2011, he was elected bishop of

Aversa Aversa () is a city and '' comune'' in the Province of Caserta in Campania, southern Italy, about 24 km north of Naples. It is the centre of an agricultural district, the ''Agro Aversano'', producing wine and cheese (famous for the typical ...

, succeeding the archbishop, personal title,

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. On 22 May 2012, he was elected, from the 64th General Assembly, vice president, for the south, of the

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, remaining in office for five years. On 3 January 2013, he was awarded the honorary citizenship of

Monte San Giacomo Monte San Giacomo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality borders with Piaggine, Sanza, Sassano Sassano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno ...

, a small town in the

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where he had previously been parish priest from 1983 to 1991. Since September of the same year, he also held the office of apostolic administrator of

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until 18 May 2014.

References

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