Giovanni Tani JCL (born 8 April 1947) is the current
archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado
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Italy
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, in the
diocese of Rimini
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.Archbishop Giovanni Tani /ref> After discerning a vocation to the priesthood he studied at the Minor Seminary of Rimini and then to the Regional Seminary of
Bologna
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. He was a student at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary. He later attended the
Pontifical Gregorian University
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, obtaining his degree in Spiritual Theology. He went on to obtain a licentiate in Canon Law at the
Pontifical Lateran University
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. He was ordained priest on 29 December 1973 for the Diocese of Rimini.
In the ministry has held the following positions: Director of Spiritual Seminary in Rimini, from 1974 to 1985, Spiritual Director of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, from 1985 to 1999, and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in Tormarancia in Rome, from 1999 to 2003, Rector of the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary, Rector of the Church of the Four Crowned Saints at the Lateran, a member of the Priests' Council, Member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, President of the Missionary Institute Imperial Borromeo since 2003; Assistant Spiritual Apostolate Salvatorian Academic, 2006.
In 1992 he was appointed
chaplain of His Holiness
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Vicar General of Rome
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on 17 September 2011. The principal co-consecrators was Bishop
Francesco Lambiasi
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Francesco Marinelli
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