Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli
Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli OFM (5 February 1942 in El Khadra, Libya – 30 December 2019 in Saccolongo, Italy)[1] was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was also a Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda.
Life
Martinelli was born in
In 1985, he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda.
During the civil war in Libya he made an appeal, unheeded by the western states, not to humiliate
He then strongly condemned the NATO bombings during the 2011 military intervention in Libya.
In February 2015, during the Libyan crisis for the control of the provinces of Barqa and Tripoli by
He had severe health problems and had to retire to Italy; he left Libya on October 22, 2015. He then presented his resignation to Pope Francis on February 5, 2017, his 75th birthday. Pope Francis accepted his renunciation and coadiutor Bishop George Bugeja, who was already in Tripoli before Martinelli's departure in 2015, took over.[4] His health slowly continued to deteriorate and he was taken care of in the elderly care center of the Friars Minor of Saccolongo, where he died on December 30, 2019.
See also
References
- ^ "E' morto monsignor Martinelli, vicario apostolico emerito di Tripoli - Vatican News". 31 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Despite Death Threats, Bishop of Tripoli Refuses to Flee Libya". Zenit. February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ Martinelli ready to die without fear(in Italian)
- ^ "Catholic bishop in Tripoli retires". Libya Herald. 8 February 2017.
External links
- The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M.
- GCatholic.org - Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli
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