Claudio Baggini (1 August 1936 – 25 September 2015) was an

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. Baggini was born in

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and was ordained a priest on 14 June 1959. He served as the

Bishop of Vigevano The Italian Catholic Diocese of Vigevano ( la, Dioecesis Viglevanensis) lies almost entirely in the Province of Pavia, Lombardy. It has existed since 1530. The diocese is suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan,

from 18 March 2000 until his resignation on 12 March 2011. During his ministry he welcomed pope

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on pastoral visit to Vigevano, April 21, 2007, and assisted the beatification of

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, celebrated in the cathedral of

Vigevano Vigevano (; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Avgevan) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing ...

by Cardinal

José Saraiva Martins José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. GCC (born 6 January 1932) is a Portuguese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from 1998 to 2008. Born in Gagos de Jarmelo in Guarda, Portugal, to A ...

, on 4 October 2008. He died on 25 September 2015 in Lodi at the age of 79.

References

1936 births 2015 deaths 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Clergy from Rome {{Italy-RC-bishop-stub