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Valter Dario Maggi (born 12 August 1956) is an Italian prelate of the
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who served more than seven years as the Bishop of Ibarra, Ecuador.


Biography

Valter Dario Maggi was born in Brignano Gera d’Adda on 12 August 1956. He completed his studies in philosophy and theology at the Episcopal Seminary of Bergamo, as a student of the "Paradiso" Missionary Seminary. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino on 15 June 1985. In 1989 he obtained a licenciate in marriage and family theology at the John Paul II Institute in Rome. In 1992 he went to the Archdiocese of Portoviejo, Ecuador, as a missionary priest and worked as a parish priest while also leading the archdiocese's university ministry. He became secretary of the Education Commission of the
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. On 19 February 2008,
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named him
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of Bossa and auxiliary bishop of
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, Ecuador. He received his episcopal ordination on 5 April. He became a member of the Episcopal Commission for Education and Director of the Pastoral Theological Institute of Ecuador. Pope Benedict appointed him Bishop of Ibarra on 25 March 2011.
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accepted his resignation on 13 October 2018 at the age of 62 to allow him to return to Italy and care for his elderly, infirm parents.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maggi, Valter Dario Living people 1956 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ecuador Clergy from the Province of Bergamo Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Roman Catholic missionaries in Ecuador Italian expatriates in Ecuador Roman Catholic bishops of Guayaquil Roman Catholic bishops of Ibarra