Francesco Beschi is the current bishop of

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Life

Francesco Beschi was born to a railroad worker and his wife on 6 August 1951 in

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. He grew up in Brescia and joined the

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of his

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in his youth. He became a

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in 1975 and for 12 years he was a parish priest in two parishes of Brescia. From 1987 he held various positions in the diocesan curia of the Diocese of Brescia. On 18 May 2003 he was consecrated as

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of Vinda and assumed the duty as

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of Brescia. On 22 January 2009 he was appointed by

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as bishop of Bergamo and on 15 March the same year he began his ministry as bishop of Bergamo. In 2011 he led the funeral of murdered teenager Yara Gambirasio.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Beschi, Francesco 1951 births Living people Religious leaders from Brescia Bishops of Bergamo 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops