Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi (19 January 1930 – 24 October 2018) was an Italian
bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
, emeritus of the
Diocese of Città di Castello
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
.
Biography
He was ordained a
priest
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on 21 March 1953. He first was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Porto-Santa Rufina on 7 December 1984, receiving his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1985 from
Pope John Paul II
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.
He then resigned from this position, due to illness problem, on 9 November 1985. Later he was appointed bishop of
Diocese of Città di Castello
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
on 7 February 1991. Ronchi retired as bishop on 16 June 2007.
References
External links
Profile of Mons. Ronchi''www.catholic-hierarchy.org''
''www.gcatholic.org''
1930 births
2018 deaths
People from the Province of Ravenna
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Capuchin bishops
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