Corrado Pizziolo (born 23 December 1949) is an Italian

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of the

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. He currently serves as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto.

Biography

Corrado Pizziolo was born in Scandolara di Zero Branco, and studied at the

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and major seminaries in

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

. He was

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to the priesthood on 20 September 1975 and then served as

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of the

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until 1981. From 1981 to 1985, he was an assistant of the Major Seminary of Treviso. Pizziolo continued his studies at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, from where he later obtained his

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. In 1985, he became

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at the Interdiocesan

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Institute of Treviso-

Vittorio Veneto Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities: Alpago ( BL), Belluno ...

and at the School of Theology for

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in Treviso. After being appointed to the Permanent Formation of Young Clergy in 1994, Pizziolo was named

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for the diocesan

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in 1998, episcopal delegate for the Permanent Formation of the Clergy in 1999, and

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of and curial

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of the

Diocese of Treviso The Diocese of Treviso ( la, Dioecesis Tarvisina) is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Veneto, Italy. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Patriarchate of V ...

in 2002. He was also made a

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of the

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chapter in 2001 and

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the Commission for the

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and the Administrative Council of the House of Clergy in Treviso. In September 2007, following the centennial anniversary of '' Pascendi dominici gregis'' of

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, he emphasized the relevance of Pope Pius's claims against

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to current times, saying, "it must also be affirmed that many of the solutions proposed y the Modernistswere not compatible with the Catholic faith. This led to the need for intervention by the

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".Chiesa
Modernismo, quale eredità? A cento anni dall'enciclica "Pascendi"
5 September 2007 On 19 November 2007 Pizziolo was appointed

Bishop of Vittorio Veneto The Diocese of Vittorio Veneto ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis Venetorum) is a Roman Catholic diocese in northern Italy, with capital in Vittorio Veneto. It was historically known as Diocese of Ceneda, the name being changed in 1939.

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. He received his

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on 26 January 2008 from Bishop

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, with Bishops

Paolo Magnani Paolo Magnani (born 31 December 1926) is an Italian prelate in the Roman Catholic Church who is the emeritus bishop of the Diocese of Treviso. Biography He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951. He was appointed bishop of Lodi on 27 July 19 ...

and

Alfredo Magarotto Alfredo Magarotto (16 February 1927 – 22 January 2021) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. Magarotto was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1950. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chioggia, Italy, from ...

serving as

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References

External links

Catholic-HierarchyDiocese of Vittorio Veneto
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pizziolo, Corrado 1949 births Living people 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops in Veneto People from Zero Branco