Luciano Bergamin CRL (born 4 May 1944 in Loria, Veneto) is an
Italian clergyman and
Roman Catholic
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Bishop of Nova Iguaçu in
Brazil
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.
Life
On 19 December 1982 Luciano Bergamin joined the community of the
Canons Regular
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of the
Lateran
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, took up the profession on 2 October 1960 and received the priestly
ordination
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on 10 April 1969.
Pope
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John Paul II
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appointed him on 5 April 2000 as
auxiliary bishop in Santo Amaro and
titular bishop
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of
Octabia
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. The bishop gave him the bishop of Santo Amaro, to
Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, on 20 May that year. Co-consecrators were
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, Bishop of
Campo Limpo, and
Francisco Manuel Vieira
Francisco Manuel Vieira (29 October 1925 – 23 December 2013) was a Brazilian Catholic bishop.
Vieira was born in the portuguese town of Rio Tinto (Gondomar) and was ordained in Brazil to the priesthood in 1952. He served as titular bishop of ...
, Bishop of
Osasco. He chose DOMINUS LUX ET SALUS as his motto.
On 24 July 2002 he was appointed Bishop of
Nova Iguaçu
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Location
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.
References
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1944 births
Living people
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil
Roman Catholic bishops of Santo Amaro