Giuseppe Anfossi
Giuseppe Anfossi | |
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| Emerit Bishop of Diocese of Aosta | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Diocese of Aosta |
| In office | 1994 - 2011 |
| Predecessor | Ovidio Lari |
| Successor | Franco Lovignana |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 28 June 1959 |
| Consecration | 22 January 1995 by Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1935 |
| Styles of Giuseppe Anfossi | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Giuseppe Anfossi (born 7 March 1935) is the bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aosta from 1994 to 2011.
Biography
[edit]He was ordained priest on 1959. He was appointed bishop of Aosta on 30 December 1994. He was consecrated on 22 January 1995 by cardinal Giovanni Saldarini, replacing the previous bishop Ovidio Lari.
As bishop of Aosta he received in the diocese for the traditional summer holidays in Les Combes d'Introd, Gran Paradiso National Park, the popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. On St Anselm's Day, 2006, he traveled to Canterbury Cathedral in England to dedicate the new altar in St Anselm's tomb at a ceremony attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the abbot of Bec.[1]
He resigned on 9 November 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ "St Anselm's Chapel Altar", Waymarking, Seattle: Groundspeak, 28 April 2012, retrieved 30 June 2015.
External links
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