Ignazio Bedini

Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B., is the current Roman Catholic archbishop of Ispahan (Isfahan), Iran.[1]

Bedini was born in Sassomorello, near Modena, Italy, on June 27, 1939 and ordained as a priest of the Order of the Salesians of Saint John Bosco on December 21, 1969. He was appointed archbishop of Ispahan on December 2, 1989 and consecrated on January 6, 1990. He resided in Tehran. He is the head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Iran, though he is the only Latin Rite member of the conference, with the others being of the Armenian and Chaldean Rites.

Archbishop Bedini, retirement was announced by the Holy See effective 20 January 2015[2]

References

  1. ↑ Magister, Sandro (November 11, 2005). "La Chiesa rompe il silenzio sull’islam degli ayatollah". L'espresso (in Italian). Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbedini.html
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