Cesare Mazzolari

Cesare (or Caesar) Mazzolari (9 February 1937 – 16 July 2011) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, in the newly independent Republic of South Sudan.

Most Reverend

Cesare Mazzolari M.C.C.I.
Bishop of Rumbek
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek
SeeRumbekl
AppointedNovember 5, 1998
In officeJuly 16, 2011
PredecessorGabriel Dwatuka Wagi
SuccessorChristian Carlassare M.C.C.I.
Orders
OrdinationMarch 17, 1962
ConsecrationJanuary 6, 1999
by pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born(1937-02-06)6 February 1937
Brescia, Italy
Died16 July 2011(2011-07-16) (aged 74)
Rumbek, South Sudan
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
ResidenceRumbek, South Sudan
Occupationbishop
Previous post(s)Apostolic administrator at Diocese of Rumbek
Styles of
Cesare Mazzolari
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenone

Biography

Bishop Mazzolari was born Feb. 9, 1937 in Brescia, Italy. He joined the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, and on 17 March 1962 was ordained a priest in San Diego, USA. His mission brought him to Cincinnati, in the United States, where he worked among African American and Mexican American miners.

He rebuilt the Diocese of Rumbek, after the two Southern Sudanese Secession Wars (1955–1973 and 1983–2005) had devastated the country and the Government of Khartoum had expelled all foreign missionaries from the country in the 1960s.[1][2][3]

He died a week later, on 16 July 2011, at the age of 74, while concelebrating a Mass.[4]

Notes
  1. Independent Catholic News: "South Sudan: Peacemaker Bishop Mazzolari has died" July 17, 2011
  2. Vatican Radio: "Catholic Diocese of Rumbek: The death of Bishop Caesar Mazzolari" Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine July 19, 2011
  3. Cincinnati Herald: "Comboni Bishop Caesar Mazzolari dies" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine July 18, 2011.
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