Francesco Imberti was the Italian archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vercelli The Archdiocese of Vercelli () is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy, one of the two archdioceses which, together with their suffragan dioceses, form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. The archbishop's ...

from his appointment by

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII (; born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. He is the most recent p ...

on 10 October 1945 until his retirement on 5 September 1966.

Biography

Born in

Racconigi Racconigi (; ) is a town and (municipality) in Piedmont, Italy. It is located in the province of Cuneo, south of Turin, and north of Cuneo by rail. History The town was founded in medieval times. It was a possession of the marquisses of Salu ...

in 1882, he was graduated in theology and ordained priest in 1906. He was priesthood in

Turin Cathedral Turin Cathedral or Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (, ) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of ...

. He was appointed bishop of Aosta on 23 July 1932 and archbishop of Vercelli on 10 October 1945. He was council father during the four sessions of

Second Vatican Council The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the or , was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met each autumn from 1962 to 1965 in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for session ...

. He retired on 7 September 1966 and died on 27 January 1967 at the age of 84.Cartolina S. Ecc. Mons. Francesco Imberti Arcivescovo di Vercelli 1950 ca
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Bibliography

* Giuseppe Tuninetti, ''In memoriam. Clero della diocesi di Torino defunto dal 1951 al 2007. Vescovi, preti e diaconi'', Torino, Effatà, 2008, pp. 38–39, .

References

External links

''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
Official Page of archdiocese of Vercelli
{{DEFAULTSORT:Imberti, Francesco 1882 births Bishops of Aosta 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops 1967 deaths People from Racconigi