Alphonso Beretta

Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (26 December 1911 – 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta) was an Italian Bishop of Warangal.

Bishop

Alphonsus Beretta, PIME

Ayyagaru
The Most Reverend
Monseigneur Beretta
ChurchPontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
DioceseHyderabad (1950-1953)
Warangal (1953-1985)
Appointed(1950-12-23)December 23, 1950
(in Hyderabad)
(1953-01-08)January 8, 1953
(in Warangal)
In office1950-1953 (in Hyderabad)
1953-1985 (in Warangal)
PredecessorDionisio Vismara, PIME
(in Hyderabad)
Position created
(in Warangal)
SuccessorG. Joseph Mark, RCM
(in Hyderabad)
T. Bala, RCM
(in Warangal)
Orders
Ordination(1934-09-22)September 22, 1934
by Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
Consecration(1951-04-08)April 8, 1951
by Principal Consecrator: A. I. Shuster, OSB
Principal Co-Consecrators: L. M. Balconi, PIME and D. Bernareggi, RCM
RankBishop
Personal details
Born(1911-12-26)December 26, 1911
DiedMay 23, 1998(1998-05-23) (aged 86)
Karunapuram, Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
BuriedRCM-Fatima Cathedral, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
NationalityItalian
DenominationChristianity
OccupationPriest
EducationB. Th.
Alma materPIME Seminary, Monza (Italy)

Life

Beretta was born in Brugherio in 1911 on Boxing Day. He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1934 as a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad, India on 23 Dec 1950 and consecrated on 8 April 1951. He was appointed to be the Bishop of Warangal in India on 8 Jan 1953.[1]

Beretta retired on 30 November 1985 and he died in Warangal in 1998 as the Bishop Emeritus of Warangal.[2]

References

  1. Diocese of Warangal GCatholic, Retrieved 9 August 2015
  2. Alfonso Beretta, Catholic Hierarchy, Retrieved 9 August 2015
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