Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (26 December 1911 – 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta) was an

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Bishop of Warangal.

Life

Beretta was born in

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in 1911 on Boxing Day. He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1934 as a priest of the

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. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad, India on 23 Dec 1950 and consecrated on 8 April 1951. He was appointed to be the Bishop of Warangal in India on 8 Jan 1953. Beretta retired on 30 November 1985 and he died in

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in 1998 as the Bishop Emeritus of Warangal.Alfonso Beretta
Catholic Hierarchy, Retrieved 9 August 2015

References

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