Gaetano Michetti (3 March 1922 – 13 December 2007) was the bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro The Archdiocese of Pesaro ( la, Archidioecesis Pisaurensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at Pesaro was elevated in status to archiepiscopal see in 2000. Its suffragans are the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-C ...

in Italy. Appointed by

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

in July 1975, he served until 3 January 1998.

Biography

Born in

Corridonia Corridonia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about southeast of Macerata. Corridonia was called, until 1931, Pausula. The name was changed by Benito Mussoli ...

in 1922, Michetti was ordained as a Catholic priest on 8 August 1948. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of

Fermo Fermo (ancient: Firmum Picenum) is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche, Italy, in the Province of Fermo. Fermo is on a hill, the Sabulo, elevation , on a branch from Porto San Giorgio on the Adriatic coast railway. History The oldest hum ...

on 31 May 1961 and was ordained titular Bishop of Irenopilis in Cilicia on 15 August 1961. He was

council father An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters in which those entitled to vote are ...

during the four sessions of

Second Vatican Council The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the , or , was the 21st Catholic ecumenical councils, ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. The council met in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome for four periods (or sessions) ...

. He was appointed

coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...

Pesaro Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, ...

on 7 July 1973, and installed as bishop after

monsignor Monsignor (; it, monsignore ) is an honorific form of address or title for certain male clergy members, usually members of the Roman Catholic Church. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian ''monsignore'', meaning "my lord". "Monsignor" ca ...

Luigi Borromeo's death, on 4 July 1975. Bishop Gaetano Michetti died on 13 December 2007,In ricordo di mons. Gaetano Michetti
/ref> at the age of 85.

References

External links

''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
Official Page of diocese of Pesaro
1922 births Bishops and archbishops of Pesaro 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 2007 deaths People from the Province of Macerata {{20C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub