Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. (4 May 1922 – 3 April 2020) was an Italian
prelate
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of
Catholic Church
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who was
Bishop of Ales-Terralba from 1983 to 1989 and then
Reggio Emilia-Guastalla from 1989 to 1998.
Biography
Gibertini was born in Ciano d'Enza and ordained a priest on 12 August 1945 for the
Order of Saint Benedict
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. He was appointed bishop of the
Ales-Terralba on 23 March 1983 and ordained bishop on 25 April 1983. He was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla on 11 June 1989 and retired on 27 June 1998. Gilbertini died on 3 April 2020 in Montecchio Emilia at the age of 97.
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy
(Italian)
1922 births
2020 deaths
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Italian Benedictines
Benedictine bishops
People from the Province of Reggio Emilia
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