Giuseppe Merisi (born September 25, 1938 in
Treviglio
Treviglio (; ) is a town and (i.e. municipality) in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Northern Italy. It lies south of the province capital, in the lower territory called .
It is also part of the geographic area named , included among the r ...
) is the emeritus bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi
The Diocese of Lodi () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that existed since the 4th century; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.[Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...]
and titular Bishop of Drusiliana on September 8, 1995.
Merisi received his episcopal consecration on November 4, 1995 from cardinal
Carlo Maria Martini
Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit and Biblical scholar. He served as Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983.
Martini entered the Society of Jesus in ...
.
He was appointed bishop of
Lodi on November 14, 2005 and was installed in the diocese on December 17, 2005.
He replaced the previous bishop of Lodi
Giacomo Capuzzi and took retirement on 26 August 2014.
Rinunce e nomine
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Career
*President of the "Commissione Episcopale per il servizio della carità e la salute"
*President of the "Caritas Italiana" (Italian Caritas)
*President of the "Consulta Nazionale per la pastorale della sanità"
*President of the "Consulta Ecclesiale degli organismi socio-assistenziali"
References
Resources
Official site of Lodi's Diocese
1938 births
Living people
People from Treviglio
Bishops of Lodi
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II
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