Paolo Pezzi
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Paolo Pezzi,
FSCB (Russian: Павел Пецци; born 8 August 1960), also known as Pavel Pezzi, is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as the Latin Church archbishop of the Archdiocese of Moscow
in Russia.
Biography
Early life and ministry
HE Msgr Paolo Pezzi was born in
Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St.Charles Borromeo in 1990. He subsequently was awarded a Doctorate in Theology (Cattolici in Siberia, le origini, le persecuzioni, l’oggi) by the Pontifical Lateran University. He has worked in Russia since 1993, serving as a professor at several notable universities in Russia including Novosibirsk State University and Russian State University for the Humanities.[2] He was rector of the major seminary of Mary Queen of the Apostles in Saint Petersburg from 2006 to 2007.[3]
Besides his native Italian, he can speak Russian, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Episcopacy
On September 21, 2007, Fr. Pezzi was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mother of God at
Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk
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On January 19, 2010, he was appointed Grand Prior of Magistral Delegation of Russia of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
In 2011 he was granted Russian citizenship,[5] and elected President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation where he served for two terms.
In 2012 he was appointed member of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.[6]
See also
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
References
- ^ Cf. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, Bollettino quotidiano del: 21.09.2007, Rinunce e nomine, Nomina dell’Arcivescovo Metropolita dell’Arcidiocesi “della Madre di Dio” a Mosca (Federazione Russa) Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ "Biography of Archbishop Pezzi". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow (in Russian). Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "St. James Catholic Church in Sakhalin Island". www.church.maxilone.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Cf. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, Bollettino quotidiano del: 21.09.2007, Rinunce e nomine, Nomina dell’Arcivescovo Metropolita dell’Arcidiocesi “della Madre di Dio” a Mosca (Federazione Russa) Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ "Decree of President of Russia. Granting of citizenship to Paolo Pezzi". pravo.gov.ru (in Russian). 26 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "PONTIFICAL ACTS - 27 OCTOBER". www.news.va. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
External links
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- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpezzi.html
- http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/moth0.htm
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