Bruno Foresti (6 May 1923 – 26 July 2022) was an Italian prelate of
Catholic Church
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. At the time of his death at age , he was the oldest living Catholic bishop from Italy.
Foresti was born in
Tavernola Bergamasca
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, Italy and was ordained a priest on 7 April 1946. Foresti was appointed auxiliary bishop to the
Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
on 12 December 1974 as well as Titular Bishop of Plestia and ordained bishop on 10 January 1975. Foresti was then appointed Archbishop of the
Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
on 2 April 1976. Foresti's final appointment was to bishop of the