Ernesto Maria Piovella O.SS.C.A. (29 October 1867,

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– 18 February 1949,

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) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and bishop.

Life

He entered the oblate missionaries of Rho and served as

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made him bishop of Alghero and he was ordained by cardinal

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, archbishop of Milan, Pasquale Morganti O.SS.C.A., archbishop of Ravenna and Giovanni Mauri, auxiliary bishop of Milan. He was later made

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and

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and his

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process has begun.

Sources

*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpiov.html Italian Roman Catholic archbishops Clergy from Milan 1949 deaths 1867 births {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub