Francesco Oliva (born 14 January 1951 in
Papasidero
Papasidero is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region, southern Italy. It is part of Pollino National Park.
Geography
Papasidero is situated on a rocky spur 210 m above the sea level and is crossed by Lao an ...
) is an
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Roman Catholic
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bishop
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.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1976, Oliva was named bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Locri-Gerace
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Locri-Gerace ( la, Dioecesis Locrensis-Hieracensis ) is in Calabria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova.
Historically it was the Diocese of Gerace, becoming in 1954 the Diocese of Gerace- ...
,
Italy
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in May 2014.
External links
Bishop Oliva on Catholic-Hierarchy
1951 births
Bishops in Calabria
Living people
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