Lorenzo Ceresoli (18 May 1931 – 6 September 2024) was an Italian

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

prelate, priest, and member of the

Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus The Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (), also known as the Comboni Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, or the Verona Fathers, and originally called the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (''Congregatio Filiorum S. Cordis Iesu''), is a Cat ...

(M.C.C.J.). Ceresoli served as the

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of the

Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa The Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa () is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate in central Ethiopia. It is exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See (notably the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples), not part of any ...

in Ethiopia from 1993 until his retirement in 2000. He was also appointed the

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of Fallaba from 1993 until his death in 2024. Ceresoli was born in

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, Lombardy, Italy, on 18 May 1931. He died in

Castel d'Azzano Castel d'Azzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about southwest of Verona. As of 1 September 2011, it had a population of 11.865 and an area of .All demograph ...

, Italy on 6 September 2024, at the age of 93.

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