Lorenzo Piretto

His Excellency
Lorenzo Piretto
O.P.
Archbishop of Izmir
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Izmir
In office November 7, 2015
Predecessor Ruggero Franceschini
Orders
Ordination August 4, 1969
Consecration December 20, 2015
by Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
Personal details
Born (1943-12-15) December 15, 1943
Mazzè
Nationality Italy
Previous post Parish priest, Istanbul
Professor at University of Marmara
Alma mater University of Bologna
University of Turin
Motto Misericordia
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Styles of
Lorenzo Piretto
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style none

Lorenzo Piretto O.P. is the Archbishop of Izmir and a Dominican friar.[1] He was ordained to the episcopate and installed as Archbishop of Izmir on December 20, 2007, five days after his 72nd birthday.

Family life

Lorenzo Piretto was born in Mazzè in the frazione of Tonengo in 1942, and was ordained as a Dominican priest in 1966. He continued his theological studies in Bologna, where he was licensed in 1967, and in Turin where he became a doctor in 1972. From 1967 to 1974 he taught philosophy at the Dominican seminary of Chieri.

Form 1983 to 2005 he taught Italian at University of Marmara and in the same time was journalist in the Christian review Presence.

From 2004 he is parson in St Peter and Paul church in Istanbul.

On November 7, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him as the new Archbishop of Izmir.[2] He was consecrated on December 20, 2015, by Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul Boghos Lévon Zékiyan.

References

  1. "Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Izmir (Turchia) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). press.vatican.va. November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. "Fr. Lorenzo Piretto OP, new bishop of Izmir, Turkey" (in Italian). op.org. November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Ruggero Franceschini
Archbishop of Izmir
2015–present
Succeeded by
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