Lino Bortolo Belotti (19 October 1930 – 23 March 2018) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, former auxiliary bishop of the

Diocese of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' of Albino, he was ordained priest by Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi on 12 June 1954. Following his ordination he joined the ''Comunità Missionaria del Paradiso'' (Paradise Missionary Community), and later he worked as pastor for the Italian workers in

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. After his return to

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

, he was named by Pope

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

as Auxiliary Bishop of that city's diocese. He was the president of the commission dedicated to immigrants of the Italian Bishops' Conference, and president of the foundation ''Migrantes.'' He was also a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. On 22 January 2009 Pope

Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

accepted his resignation from the post of Auxiliary Bishop. From the Vatican news bulletin

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Belotti, Lino Bortolo 1930 births 2018 deaths People from Albino, Lombardy 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic titular bishops