Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C (Born 23 January 1939) is Bishop Emeritus of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough
The Diocese of Peterborough ( la, Dioecesis Peterboroughensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Ontario, Canada. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Ki ...
,
Ontario, Canada
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
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Nicola De Angelis was born in Pozzaglia Sabino,
Italy
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, on 23 January 1939. In 1959 he entered the religious order of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. He immigrated to Canada in 1967 and commenced studies in theology at
St. Augustine's Seminary in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
. On 6 December 1970, De Angelis was ordained a priest in Toronto, to the Order of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception. During his years in Toronto, Father De Angelis was appointed to the Minister's Advisory Committee for education in Ontario. In the 1970s and early 1980s, he was involved with the Archdiocesan Senate Committee and also with the several Italian Cultural Committees. He was appointed Treasurer General of his religious order in 1984 and moved to
Rome
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to fulfill the duties of this position. On 27 April 1992, he was elected titular Bishop of Remesianna. He was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto and consecrated in St. Michael's Cathedral on 24 June 1992. On 28 December 2002, Bishop De Angelis was appointed the Bishop of Peterborough.
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy entry
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1939 births
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada
Living people
Roman Catholic bishops of Peterborough