Angelo Spina
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Angelo Spina (born 13 November 1954) is an
episcopate in 2007.[2] He has served in various capacities throughout his priesthood and episcopate: religious education teacher and instructor for new teachers as well as a parish priest and vicar.[1]
Life
Angelo Spina was born on 13 November 1954 in Colle d'Anchise in the Campobasso province.[1]
Spina began his theological studies in 1974
Boiano. Spina later oversaw the formation of religious education teachers for schools in Molise from 1985 to 1996.[2] From 1996 to 2000 he served as an episcopal vicar for the Great Jubilee of 2000 that Pope John Paul II had convoked. In 1999 he was named as the pastor for the Boiano Cathedral. In 2003 he was named as the episcopal vicar for diocesan missions and then from 2004 to 2007 for the Santuario dell'Addolorata.[1]
He received his
ad limina apostolorum
" visit to Pope Benedict XVI.
On 14 July 2017 he was appointed as the newest
Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo to succeed the retiring Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli
. Spina was installed in his new archdiocese on 1 October.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Rinunce e nomine, 14.07.2017". Holy See. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Rinunce e nomine, 03.04.2007". Holy See. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
External links
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