Lino Bortolo Belotti

Lino Bortolo Belotti (19 October 1930 – 23 March 2018)[1] was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, former auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Bergamo.[2]

Lino Bortolo Belotti
Auxiliary Bishop
DioceseBergamo
Orders
Ordination12 June 1954
by Giuseppe Piazzi
RankPrelate
Personal details
Born(1930-10-19)October 19, 1930
Comenduno
DiedMarch 23, 2018(2018-03-23) (aged 87)
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic

Biography

Born in Comenduno, a frazione of Albino, he was ordained priest by Bishop Giuseppe Piazzi on 12 June 1954. Following his ordination he joined the Comunità Missionaria del Paradiso (Paradise Missionary Community), and later he worked as pastor for the Italian workers in Switzerland. After his return to Bergamo, he was named by Pope John Paul II as Auxiliary Bishop of that city's diocese.

He was the president of the commission dedicated to immigrants of the Italian Bishops' Conference, and president of the foundation Migrantes. He was also a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants. On 22 January 2009 Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation from the post of Auxiliary Bishop.[3]

Notes
  1. "Il lutto. Morto il vescovo Belotti, pastore dei migranti". 23 March 2018.
  2. Bishop Lino Bortolo Belotti
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) From the Vatican news bulletin
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