Name Mario Delpini Posthumous style none | Spoken style Your Excellency Born 29 July 1951 (age 65) | |
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La diocesi di milano intervista a mons mario delpini vicario generale
Mario Enrico Delpini (born 29 July 1951) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Milan since his installation on 9 September 2017. He previously served as auxiliary bishop and vicar general of that archdiocese.
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- La diocesi di milano intervista a mons mario delpini vicario generale
- 25 marzo 2014 seconda via crucis in duomo presieduta da mons mario delpini
- Life
- References
25 marzo 2014 seconda via crucis in duomo presieduta da mons mario delpini
Life
Mario Enrico Delpini grew up in Jerago con Orago and in 1975 was ordained priest. He earned a degree in Italian Literature from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a licentiate in theology. Since 1975 Delpini has taught Italian language in the minor seminary of his native archdiocese and in 1989 he was named rector of the minor seminary. In 1993 he was named dean of the seminary of Venegono Inferiore and in 2000 he became the rector of all seminaries of the Milan archdiocese.
In 2006 Archbishop Dionigi Tettamanzi placed him in charge of one zone of the archdiocese. In 13 July 2007 Pope Benedict XVI named him titular bishop of Stephaniacum, and Tettamanzi consecrated a bishop on 23 September. Cardinal Angelo Scola made him vicar general of the archdiocese in 2012.
On 7 July 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Milan, where he was installed on 9 September.