Clemente Gaddi

Clemente Gaddi[1] (23 December 1901 – 7 November 1993)[2] was an Italian prelate who was bishop of Bergamo in the years after the Second Vatican Council.

Clemente Gaddi
Bishop of Diocese of Bergamo
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Bergamo
In office1963 - 1977
PredecessorGiuseppe Piazzi
SuccessorGiulio Oggioni
Orders
OrdinationSeptember 18, 1926
ConsecrationSeptember 6, 1953
by Mgr Felice Bonomini
Personal details
Born(1901-12-23)23 December 1901
Died7 November 1993(1993-11-07) (aged 91)
Bergamo
Nationality Italian
Previous post(s)Diocese of Nicosia
Archdiocese of Siracusa
Styles of
Clemente Gaddi
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenone

Life

He was born in Mandello del Lario and ordained as a priest in 1926. From 1926 to 1953 he worked as professor of the seminary of Como and then prevost of Cernobbio.

In 1953, pope Pius XII named him bishop of Nicosia, and in 1962 pope John XXIII appointed him as Coadjutor archbishop of the Siracusa.

In 1963, after the death of bishop Giuseppe Piazzi he was named bishop of Bergamo with the personal title of Archbishop.

In 1977, he resigned from his post as bishop, and died in Bergamo where he is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Bergamo.[3]

References

  • Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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