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bishop
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, who served as
Archbishop of L'Aquila
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ordained
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to the priesthood on 29 June 1962.
On 30 September 1989 he was appointed
Bishop of Rieti
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. He received his
episcopal consecration
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Cleto Bellucci
Cleto Bellucci (23 April 1921 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church
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as
co-consecrators
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.
Bishop Molinari was later named
Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence.
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of
L'Aquila
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on 16 March 1996. He succeeded Archbishop Peressin as
Archbishop of L'Aquila
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Giuseppe Petrocchi
Giuseppe Petrocchi (born 19 August 1948) is an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who has served as the Archbishop of L'Aquila since 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.
Life
Giuseppe Petrocchi was born on 19 August 1948 in Ascol ...