- Paolo Pezzi
Infobox bishopbiog
name = H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, FSCB
religion =Roman Catholic Church
See = Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
Title =Archbishop of Mother of God atMoscow
Period =October 27 ,2007 —present
Predecessor = H.E. Msgr.Tadevush Kandrusievich
Successor = incumbent
date of birth = Birth date and age|1960|8|8|mf=y
place of birth =Russi ,Italy |
H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, FSCB, also known as Pavel Pezzi, is an Italianprelate of theRoman Catholic Church , currently serving asMetropolitan Archbishop of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow (Russian Federation). infobox bishopstyles
name=H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, FSCB
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=not applicable |Biography
Early life and ministry
H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi was born in
Russi ,Italy onAugust 8 ,1960 . He studiedphilosophy andtheology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas ("Angelicum") inRome (1985 -1990 ). [Cf. [http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/20782.php?index=20782&po_date=21.09.2007&lang=en Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, "Bollettino quotidiano del: 21.09.2007, Rinunce e nomine, Nomina dell’Arcivescovo Metropolita dell’Arcidiocesi “della Madre di Dio” a Mosca (Federazione Russa)"] it] He was ordained to thepriesthood for thePriestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St.Charles Borromeo in1990 . He subsequently was awarded aDoctorate in Theology ("Cattolici in Siberia, le origini, le persecuzioni, l’oggi") by thePontifical Lateran University . He has worked in Russia since1993 . He was rector of the major seminary of Mary Queen of the Apostles inSaint Petersburg (2006 ).Episcopacy
On
September 21 ,2007 , Fr. Pezzi, until then rector of the major seminary of Mary Queen of the Apostles in Saint Petersburg, was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mother of God atMoscow byPope Benedict XVI . [Cf. [http://212.77.1.245/news_services/bulletin/news/20782.php?index=20782&po_date=21.09.2007&lang=en Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, "Bollettino quotidiano del: 21.09.2007, Rinunce e nomine, Nomina dell’Arcivescovo Metropolita dell’Arcidiocesi “della Madre di Dio” a Mosca (Federazione Russa)"] it] He replaced the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese,Tadevush Kandrusievich . He was consecrated in theCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow onOctober 27 ,2007 by Archbishop Kandrusievich, H.E. Msgr. Antonio Mennini,Titular Archbishop of Ferentium andApostolic nuncio to Russian Federation, and H.E. Msgr.Joseph Werth ,S.J. ,Bishop of the Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk.Footnotes
ee also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
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