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Giovanni Giudici (bishop)
Giovanni Giudici (6 March 1940 – 18 January 2024) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia from 2015 onwards. Giudici served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1990 to 2003. on On 1 December 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Giudici as Bishop of Pavia, a position he held until his retirement in 2015. Giudici was born in Varese on 6 March 1940. He studied at the Milan archdiocese's seminary and was ordained a Catholic priest by Archbishop Giovanni Colombo on 27 June 1964, in the Milan Cathedral. In 2013, Bishop Giudici officially recognized the 1989 healing of Danila Castelli, who suffered from an incurable tumor, as a miracle associated with Our Lady of Lourdes. Giudici died at the Circolo Hospital in Varese, on 18 January 2024, at the age of 83. References External linksBishop Giovanni Giudici at Catholic Hierarchy {{DEFAULTSORT:Giudici, Giovanni 1940 births 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
