Adriano Ciocca Vasino (born July 8, 1949) is an Italian

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in the

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. On 21 March 2012 he became Prelate of São Félix do Araguaia,

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Biography

Adriano Ciocca Vasino was born on July 8, 1949, in Borgosesia, in the

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. He studied

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at the Philosophical and Theological Seminary San Gaudenzio in Novara, and Theology at the Theological Seminary San Zeno, in

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. Ordained as a priest on September 8, 1974, he was then incardinated in the Diocese of Novara.

Career

After some years of pastoral practice in his Diocese, he flew as a ''

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'' priest in Brazil, and he was appointed to be the Bishop of Floresta by

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on March 3, 1999, and was consecrated on May 2, 1999. Until 2001 he was the referent for the

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in the

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. On March 21, 2012, and he entered on May 13, 2012.''Dom Adriano Ciocca toma posse na Prelazia de São Félix do Araguaia''

References

External links

Official page of Prelature of São Félix
1949 births Living people People from Borgosesia 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Italian Roman Catholic bishops in South America 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil Roman Catholic bishops of Floresta Roman Catholic bishops of São Félix {{Brazil-RC-bishop-stub