Fausto Tardelli (born 5 January 1951) is the current
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of
Pistoia
Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...
.
Tardelli served as
bishop of San Miniato
The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Miniato ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Miniati) is in Tuscany. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Florence.[Pistoia
Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...]
in in succession to Bishop
Mansueto Bianchi
Mansueto Bianchi (Lucca, 4 November 1949 − Rome, 3 August 2016) was an Italian Catholic bishop.
Biography
Born in Lucca, Tuscany, ordained to the priesthood in 1974, Bianchi served as Bishop of Volterra, Italy from 2000 to 2006. He then serv ...
.
References
External links
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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