Enrico Bartoletti

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Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy
Previous post(s) (1958–1971)
  • Titular Archbishop of Myndus (1971–1973)
  • Coadjutor Archbishop of Lucca (1971–1973)
  • Styles of
    Enrico Bartoletti
    Your Grace or My Lord Archbishop
    Religious styleArchbishop

    Enrico Bartoletti (7 October 1916 – 5 March 1976) was an

    Archbishop of Lucca. Bartoletti was renowned for his personal holiness and for his political tact which he delivered while serving on the Italian Episcopal Conference. Bartoletti also worked to defend the lives of the Jewish people during World War II and contributed to DELASEM
    .

    His process for beatification commenced on 11 November 2007 in the Archdiocese of Lucca and he was granted the title Servant of God on 4 September 2007 when formal approval to the introduction of the cause was given.

    Life

    Enrico Bartoletti was born on 7 October 1916 in

    sacred scripture.[1]

    Bartoletti was made the rector of the Minor Seminary in 1943 and served as a teacher of the Greek and Hebrew languages in addition to serving as a teacher of sacred scripture. During

    Holocaust that Nazi Germany was perpetrating; due to this he collaborated with DELASEM
    and was even arrested on 8 December 1943 though released with strong threats and warnings. In 1955 he was made the rector of the Major Seminary.

    Upon his return home he was made the director of the Minor Seminary.

    episcopal consecration on 8 September 1958 from Ermenegildo Florit. In Lucca he was seen as a strong leader of moral principle with the knack for being a careful mediator.[1] With Pope John XXIII introducing the Second Vatican Council, Bartoletti was known for his remarkable contribution to catechetical
    and liturgical reform.

    In 1966 he was appointed as the see's Apostolic Administrator until the elevation of a new archbishop and then - in 1971 - was appointed as the Coajutor Archbishop of Lucca with the "right of succession" upon the death or resignation of the current head. Bartoletti became the Archbishop of Lucca in 1973 and was installed not long after.

    Secretary General of the Italian Bishop's Conference in 1972; he possessed great political tact in realizing and addressing the potential consequences of a referendum on divorce
    . He resigned as Archbishop of Lucca on 31 March 1973 and lived a quiet life after submitting his resignation.

    Bartoletti died in the morning of 5 March 1976 of a

    Gemelli Hospital in Rome; he was buried 6 March 1976 in the Cathedral of San Martino
    .

    Beatification process

    The official announcement that Lucca would petition for Bartoletti's cause of sanctification came on 8 December 1998 following a diocesan event.

    The transfer of the competent forum for the process was transferred from Rome to Lucca on 28 June 2007. The title

    - granted their approval to the beginning of the process. The diocesan process opened on 11 November 2007. The process concluded at a closing Mass held on 9 October 2016.

    The first postulator from the beginning of the cause was the Capuchin Carlo Calloni while the current postulator is the Capuchin friar Florio Tessari. The vice-postulator is Emilio Citti.

    References

    1. ^ a b c "Servant of God Enrico Bartoletti". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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