Church Roman Catholic Church Installed 19 June 2011 Rank Bishop Archdiocese Venice Term ended incumbent Ordination December 3, 1972 | Name Beniamino Pizziol Consecration February 24, 2008 Diocese Vicenza Metropolis Patriarch of Venice | |
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Beniamino Pizziol, born 15 June 1947 in Ca’ Vio-Treporti is an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.
Contents
- Vicenza accoglie il nuovo vescovo mons beniamino pizziol
- Telechiara presenta mons beniamino pizziol 10 19
- Biography
- Bishop
- References
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Biography
He was ordained priest on 3 December 1972 by Albino Luciani, Cardinal Patriarch of Venice (later Pope John Paul I). From 1972 to 1987, he was an assistant pastor, and from 1987 to 2002 pastor of San Trovaso, Venice and in charge of campus ministry. From 1996 to 2002 he was assistant to some Catholic organizations and from 1997 to 2002 Pro-Vicar Forane. From 1999 to 2002, he was a member of the Priest Consultants.
Bishop
On 5 January 2008 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary bishop of Venice and Titular Bishop of Aemona. He was consecrated by Cardinal Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice with Patriarch Emeritus Cardinal Marco Cé and Eugenio Ravignani, Bishop of Trieste, as co-consecrators.
On 16 April 2011 he was appointed Bishop of Vicenza. On 9 September he was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Venice, pending the appointment of a new Patriarch, who was instaled on 25 March 2012.