Giuseppe Merisi

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| title = Bishop emeritus of Diocese of Lodi

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| see = Diocese of Lodi

| term = 2005–2014

| predecessor = Giacomo Capuzzi

| successor = Maurizio Malvestiti

| ordination = February 22, 1971

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|9|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Treviglio

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Giuseppe Merisi (born September 25, 1938 in Treviglio) is the emeritus bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi.

Biography

He was ordained a priest on February 22, 1971.

He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Milan and titular Bishop of Drusiliana on September 8, 1995.

Merisi received his episcopal consecration on November 4, 1995 from cardinal Carlo Maria Martini.

He was appointed bishop of Lodi on November 14, 2005 and was installed in the diocese on December 17, 2005.

He replaced the previous bishop of Lodi Giacomo Capuzzi and took retirement on 26 August 2014.[http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/fr/bollettino/pubblico/2014/08/26/0598/01316.html Rinunce e nomine]

Career

President of the "Commissione Episcopale per il servizio della carità e la salute"
President of the "Caritas Italiana" (Italian Caritas)
President of the "Consulta Nazionale per la pastorale della sanità"
President of the "Consulta Ecclesiale degli organismi socio-assistenziali"

References

Resources

[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmerisi.html Profile of Mons. Merisi]
[http://www.diocesi.lodi.it/ Official site of Lodi's Diocese]

Category:1938 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Treviglio

Category:Bishops of Lodi

Category:20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops

Category:21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops

Category:Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II