Giuseppe Merisi (born September 25, 1938 in
Treviglio
Treviglio (, Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' (i.e. municipality) in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Northern Italy. It lies south of the province capital, in the lower territory called "Bassa Bergamasca".
It's also part of the geog ...
) is the emeritus bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi
The Diocese of Lodi ( la, Dioecesis Laudensis) is an Italian Roman Catholic territorial entity that existed since the 4th century; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.[Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...]
and titular Bishop of Drusiliana on September 8, 1995.
Merisi received his episcopal consecration on November 4, 1995 from cardinal
Carlo Maria Martini
Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit, cardinal of the Catholic Church and a Biblical scholar. He was Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2004 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. A towering i ...
.
He was appointed bishop of
Lodi on November 14, 2005 and was installed in the diocese on December 17, 2005.
He replaced the previous bishop of Lodi
Giacomo Capuzzi
Giacomo Capuzzi (14 August 1929 – 26 December 2021) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi.
Biography
Capuzzi was ordained priest on 29 June 1952. He was appointed bishop of Lod ...
and took retirement on 26 August 2014.
Rinunce e nomine
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Career
*President of the "Commissione Episcopale per il servizio della carità e la salute"
*President of the "Caritas Italiana" (Italian Caritas)
*President of the "Consulta Nazionale per la pastorale della sanità"
*President of the "Consulta Ecclesiale degli organismi socio-assistenziali"
References
Resources
Official site of Lodi's Diocese
1938 births
Living people
People from Treviglio
Bishops of Lodi
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
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