Giuseppe Piazzi (2 September 1907 – 5 August 1963) was an Italian bishop who led the

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, he was ordained priest in 1932 for the

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. From 1942 to 1950 he was the parish priest of Saint'Ilario in

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, where he was held in custody for a brief time by the authorities of the

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for his support for the

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s.From the parish of Sant'Ilario website: http://www.santilariocremona.it/file/PAGINE/langelo_di_s._ilario_2-08.pdf In 1950 pope

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named him Bishop of Cremona, and in 1953 he was appointed bishop of Bergamo. As Bishop of Bergamo, he decided to renovate the diocesan seminary, and he started the fraternal relationship between his diocese and the city of

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. He died in

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Piazzi, Giuseppe 1907 births 1963 deaths Bishops of Bergamo 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Cremona People from Casalbuttano ed Uniti