Marco Salvi (born 4 April 1954) is an Italian prelate of the

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who has been auxiliary bishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve since 2019.

Biography

Marco Salvi was born in

Sansepolcro Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is a town and ''comune'' founded in the 11th century, located in the Italian Province of Arezzo in the eastern part of the region of Tuscany. Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, the town ...

in the

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on 4 April 1954. He studied at the

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, earning a degree in architecture and civil engineering in 1979. He qualified as a registered architect in 1991. During his university studies he grew attached to the

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movement. In 1978 he began studying for the priesthood at the seminary of Arezzo. He completed a bachelor's degree in theology at the Theological Seminary-Faculty of Florence. He also earned a diploma ''magna cum laude'' from the

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. On 28 May 1983 he was ordained a priest for the

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by Giovanni Telesforo Cioli, who had recently retired as bishop of three dioceses:

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, and Sansepolcro. He was parish priest of Galbino in

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, a hill town in the province of Arezzo, from 1983 to 1984 and of Tavernelle in Anghiari from 1984 to 1999. From 1999 to 2019 he was parish priest of San Bartolomeo in Anghiari and coordinator of pastoral unity. From 1999 to 2019 he worked as an architect-engineer for the renovation of sacred buildings. He also taught art history in the high schools of Arezzo from 1985 to 1995. He was also rector of the diocesan sanctuary of the Madonna del Carmine beginning in 1991. He was twice appointed president of the diocesan Institute for the Support of the Clergy, serving from 1993 to 2005. On 15 February 2019,

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appointed him auxiliary bishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve and titular bishop of

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. He received his episcopal consecration in Arezzo on 31 March from Cardinal

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, archbishop of Perugia, assisted by Cardinal

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and Riccardo Fontana, bishop of Arezzo. In mid-March 2019, he was named secretary of the Bishops Conference of Umbria and president of the network of Umbrian church museums.

References

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