Ferdinando Maggioni (5 February 1914 – 2 December 1998) was an Italian

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of the

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who devoted the first half of his career to seminary education, including six years as Rector of the

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. He was then auxiliary bishop of Milan from 1967 to 1980 and

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, Italy. He studied at the

from October 1931 to June 1935 and while there attended the

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. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Milan on 26 July 1936. He taught theology in Monza from 1935 to 1941, performed pastoral duties from 1941 to 1949. He was spiritual director at another college until 1955 and then rector of another college until 1960, when Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Milan, made him head of the archdiocesan office of education. In 1961 he succeeded Francesco Bertoglio as Rector of the Pontifical Lombard Seminary, a position he held until 1967. On 14 September 1967,

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named him titular bishop of Subaugusta and auxiliary bishop of Milan. He received his episcopal consecration on 29 October 1967 from Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Milan. On 17 July 1980,

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named him Bishop of Alessandria. He retired upon the appointment of his successor,

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, on 22 April 1989. Maggioni died on 2 December 1998 at the age of 84.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maggioni, Ferdinando 1914 births 1998 deaths People from Monza 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Pontifical Gregorian University alumni