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Messaggio di natale di mons corrado lorefice
Corrado Lorefice (born 12 October 1962) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Palermo since 5 December 2015.
Contents
- Messaggio di natale di mons corrado lorefice
- L insediamento del nuovo arcivescovo di palermo corrado lorefice
- Biography
- Publications
- References
L insediamento del nuovo arcivescovo di palermo corrado lorefice
Biography
He was born on 12 October 1962 in Ispica, in the Province of Ragusa, Italy.
He was ordained a deacon on 26 September 1986 in Noto Cathedral by Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi, who ordained him as a priest of the Diocese of Noto on 30 December 1987 in the church of Santissima Annunziata in Ispica.
He has been an activist in opposing the Mafia and on behalf of the victims of human trafficking and prostitution. He has written favorable assessments of liberation theology.
Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Palermo on 27 October 2015. On 5 December he was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Paolo Romeo, Archbishop of Palermo, and installed in Bologna.
In June 2017 he was recognized by the Raoul Wallenberg Foundation for donating a chapel to serve as a synagogue for the Jewish community of Naples, dormant for centuries but struggling to revive.