Nationality Italian Successor Thumma Bala | Religion Roman Catholic Name Alphonso Beretta | |
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Died 23 May 1998, Alfonso BerettaWarangal | ||
Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (26 December 1911 – 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta) was an Italian Bishop of Warangal.
Life
Beretta was born in Brugherio in 1911 on Boxing Day. He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1934 as a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan on 23 Dec 1950 and ordained on 8 April 1951. He was appointed to be the Bishop of Warangal in India on 8 Jan 1953.
Beretta retired on 30 November 1985 and he died in Warangal in 1998 as the Bishop Emeritus of Warangal.
References
Alphonso Beretta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA