Giorgio Bertin (born 28 December 1946) is an Italian
bishop of the
Catholic Church who has been the
Bishop of Djibouti since 2001 and the
Apostolic Administrator of the
Diocese of Mogadishu in Somalia since 1990.
Early life
Bertin was born on 28 December 1946 in
Galzignano Terme,
Veneto in the
Kingdom of Italy. He entered the Order of Friars Minor on 10 September 1967, joining their Province of Saint
Charles Borromeo. He completed his high school studies in
Milan and then obtained
Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree. He professed his
solemn vows in 1972 and was
ordained a
priest on 7 June 1975.
Bertin later earned a
Licentiate of Sacred Theology
Licentiate in Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus; abbreviated STL) is the second of three ecclesiastical degrees in theology (the first being the Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology and the third being the Doctorate in Sacred Theol ...
from the
Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum, a Diploma in Arab language and culture from the
Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East, a from the Institut d'Etudes Islamiques. He studied at the
Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
The Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies ( it, Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica, la, Pontificium Institutum Studiorum Arabicorum et Islamicorum; PISAI) traces the origins of its foundation back to 1926 and the work o ...
from 1975 to 1977 and earned a Licentiate in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Missionary in Africa
Bertin became a
missionary to Somalia and was assigned as a parish priest at the
Mogadishu Cathedral
Mogadishu Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Mogadiscio) is a ruined Roman Catholic cathedral located in Mogadishu, Somalia. Between 1928 and 1991, it served as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio. Built in 1928 by Italian colonial au ...
from 1978 to 1983.
From 1978 to 1985, he was also the director
Caritas in Mogadishu, and from 1985 to 1988, he was the director of Caritas Somalia.
In 1984, Bertin became the
vicar general of the
Diocese of Mogadishu, holding this position until 1989.
He was a professor of
Latin at the Consular Italian School in Mogadishu from 1986 to 1989, and from 1989 to 1990, he was the president of Caritas Somalia.
Bertin became the
diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Mogadishu in 1989. Following the assassination of the Bishop of Mogadishu,
Salvatore Colombo
Pietro Salvatore Colombo, OFM (28 October 1922 - 9 July 1989) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Mogadiscio (Somalia) from 1976 until his assassination.
Biography
Colombo was born in Carate Brianza, near Milan. He served the people o ...
, in 1991, Bertin was made the
apostolic administrator of the diocese.
Bertin was appointed the
Bishop of Djibouti by
Pope John Paul II on 4 April 2001.
References
External links
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Living people
1946 births
People from the Province of Padua
Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies alumni
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Roman Catholic bishops of Djibouti