Adelio Dell'Oro is the Italian-born
Catholic
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Bishop of
Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
Biography
Early life and education
Born on 31 July 1948 in Milan, Italy. His first cousin is
Italo Dell'Oro, who is now an Auxiliary Bishop in the
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. In 1959 he entered the minor seminary in Milan. In 1967 he went to complete his classical studies at the Northern Italian theological faculties.
Ministry
He was ordained a priest for the
Archdiocese of Milan by Cardinal
Giovanni Colombo on 28 June 1972. He served as the
Vicar of St Andrea's Parish in Milan until 1983. He then served as the Vicar of St Maria Assunta parish in
Buccinasco until 1997. Meanwhile, Dell'Oro was a teacher of the religion in secondary schools and technical institutes from 1974 to 1997.
Initial Service in Kazakhstan
In 1997, he was transferred to
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
where he became the director of the Kazakhstani branch of
Caritas from 1997 to 2007. He also served as a priest at Vishniovka-Ashaly, collaborator of the
apostolic nunciature and teacher of theology at the major seminary of Karaganda from 2007 to 2009. He became the spiritual director of the inter-diocesan Mary the Mother of the Church
seminary in
Karaganda.
Return to Italy
In 2009, he returned to Italy where he served the Parish of San Zeno in Cambiago. He was appointed vice-rector of the college at Guastalla Monza and Diocesan Assistant of Communion and Liberation from 2010 to 2012.
Appointment as Bishop and Return to Kazakhstan
On the
Solemnity of
St Ambrose, 7 December 2012,
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Dell'Oro
Apostolic Administrator of
Atyrau,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
(upon the resignation of Bishop
Janusz Wiesław Kaleta) and
Titular Bishop of
Castulo.
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He received his episcopal ordination
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on 2 March 2013 in the cathedral of Milan by the hands of Cardinal Angelo Scola
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, Archbishop of Milan with Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, and Archbishop Tomasz Peta of Astana as co-consecrators. He arrived in Atyrau on 21 April.
On 31 January 2015, Dell'Oro was appointed Bishop of Karaganda by Pope Francis
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Languages Spoken
In addition to his native Italian Dell'Oro speaks Russian and English. He also has a working knowledge of Latin
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and Kazakh.
References
External links
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1948 births
Kazakhstani Roman Catholic bishops
Catholic Church in Kazakhstan
21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Living people