Dante Bernini (20 April 1922 – 27 September 2019) was an Italian

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of the

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.È morto don Dante Bernini, il vescovo della pace e della nonviolenza.
''Tuscia Web'' (in Italian). Published September 19, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020. Bernini was born in La Quercia, Italy and ordained a priest on 12 August 1945. Bernini was appointed auxiliary bishop of the

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as well as titular bishop of Assidona on 30 October 1971 and ordained on 8 December 1971. Bernini was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Velletri on 10 July 1975, along with bishop of the diocese of Diocese of Segni. On 30 October 1981 Bernini was appointed bishop of the newly created

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. Bernini was appointed bishop of the

on 6 April 1982 and retired from the diocese on 13 November 1999.

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