Corrado Lorefice (born 12 October 1962) is an

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prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of

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since 5 December 2015.

Biography

He was born on 12 October 1962 in

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, in the

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, Italy. He was ordained a deacon on 26 September 1986 in

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by Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi, who ordained him as a priest of the Diocese of Noto on 30 December 1987 in the church of Santissima Annunziata in

. He has been an activist in opposing

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and on behalf of the victims of human trafficking and prostitution. He has written favorable assessments of

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appointed him Archbishop of

on 27 October 2015. On 5 December he was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal

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, emeritus Archbishop of Palermo, and installed there. In June 2017 he was recognized by the

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for donating a chapel to serve as a synagogue for the Jewish community of Naples, dormant for centuries but struggling to revive.

Publications

*''Gettate le reti: itinerario parrocchiale di preghiera per le vocazioni'' (Milan: Edizioni Paoline, 2004), *''Dossetti e Lercaro: la Chiesa povera e dei poveri nella prospettiva del Concilio Vaticano II'' (Milan: Edizioni Paoline, 2011), *''La compagnia del Vangelo: discorsi e idee di don Pino Puglisi a Palermo'' (Reggio Emilia: San Lorenzo, 2014),

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