Adriano Bernareggi (9 November 1884 – 1953) was an Italian Catholic archbishop.

Biography

Born in Oreno, near

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, was the brother of future bishop Domenico Bernareggi. He was ordained a

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in 1907. He graduated from Pontifical

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, after graduation became a teacher of canon law at the

Roman Catholic diocesan

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. After a few years, Father Agostino Gemelli offered him a post as professor of ecclesiastic law at Catholic University in

. Cardinal

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named him pastor at San Vittore al Corpo in

. On 16 December Pope Pius XI appointed him coadiutor bishop with right of succession of the

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in 1952. Bernareggi died on 23 June 1953. During his episcopacy in the territory of the diocese reported visions of Our Lady of Ghiaie di Bonate occurred.

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernareggi, Adriano 1884 births 1953 deaths People from Vimercate Bishops of Bergamo 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Academic staff of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore