Mario Meini (born 17 November 1946) is an Italian

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of the

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and the current

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Biography

Mario Meini was born on 17 November 1946 in Legoli, a village in the Italian ''

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'' of Peccioli, which is located in

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. He received his secondary education at the Minor Seminary of Volterra and studied theology at the Pontifical Regional Seminary "Pius XII" of

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. He later received a doctorate in theology at the

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. As such, on 27 June 1971, Meini was ordained a

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in the Diocese of Volterra. On 13 July 1996,

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announced that he would appoint Meini to succeed

Giacomo Babini Giacomo Babini (22 February 1929 – 1 November 2021) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello from 1991 to 1996 and Grosseto from 1996 to 2001. References 1929 births 2021 deaths Bishops in Tu ...

as Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello. On 7 September 1996, he was consecrated a bishop, the

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being Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli, Bishop of Volterra, and the co-consecrators being Ovidio Lari and

Antonio Bagnoli Antonio Bagnoli (25 February 1902 – 24 December 1997) was an Italian ordinary of the Catholic Church. He was the Bishop of Volterra and then the Bishop of Fiesole. Biography Antonio Bagnoli was born on 25 February 1902 in Cortenuova, an Ita ...

, Bishops Emeriti of

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and Fiesole, respectively. As bishop, Meini took the Latin motto "Pax et Lux," which in English means "Peace and Light." Following a pastoral visit on 25 May 2002, Meini announced that there would be a diocesan synod, and promulgated the synodal documents on 22 March 2005.

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. appointed Meini to succeed Luciano Giovannetti as

on 13 February 2010. He assumed his bishopric on 18 April 2010.

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, for whom Meini had been the principal consecrator on 15 September 2010, succeeded Meini as Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello. On 11 November 2014, Meini was elected Vice President for Central Italy of the

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References

External links

Diocese of Fiesole

Italian Episcopal Conference
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