Alessandro Maggiolini (15 July 1931 – 11 November 2008) was the

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of the

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Life

Born in

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, Maggiolini was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan The Archdiocese of Milan ( it, Arcidiocesi di Milano; la, Archidioecesis Mediolanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy which covers the areas of Milan, Monza, Lecco and Varese. It has lo ...

on 26 July 1955. On 7 April 1983

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appointed Maggiolini bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Carpi The Italian Catholic Diocese of Carpi ( la, Dioecesis Carpensis) is in Emilia Romagna, Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.

, and he was ordained a bishop on 29 May 1983. On 31 January 1989 Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Maggiolini Bishop of the Como Diocese. Bishop Maggiolini retired on 2 December 2006. In 2000, on rumors about the retirement of Pope John Paul II, Bishop Maggiolini said: "The church is not Fiat or General Motors. Its criteria cannot be efficiency. Even an elderly father can be the conscience of the church and continue to govern it."

Episcopal lineage

Maggiolini's episcopal lineage, or

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was: * Cardinal

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* Cardinal

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* Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini

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1931 births 2008 deaths Bishops of Como 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops {{21C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub