Mario Delpini
{{Short description|Archbishop of Milan}}
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| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency The Most Reverend
| name =Mario Delpini
| honorific-suffix =
| title = Archbishop of Milan
| image = Mario Delpini.jpg
| caption = Delpini in 2020
| church =Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese =Milan
| metropolis=Milan
| see=Milan
| appointed = 7 July 2017
| enthroned = 9 September 2017
| term_end =
| predecessor = Angelo Scola
| successor =
| other_post =
| ordination = 9 June 1975
| ordained_by = Giovanni Colombo
| consecration = 13 July 2007
| consecrated_by=Dionigi Tettamanzi
| cardinal =
| rank = Archbishop
|created_cardinal_by =
| birth_name = Mario Enrico Delpini
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|07|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gallarate, Lombardy, Italy
| religion =
| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Auxiliary Bishop of Milan (2007-17)|Titular Bishop of Stephaniacum (2007-17)|Vicar-General of Milan (2012-17)}}
| signature =
| coat_of_arms=Coat of arms of Mario Enrico Delpini (Milan).svg
| motto = {{langx|la|Plena est terra gloria eius}}
(The earth is full of His glory)
}}
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Mario Enrico Delpini (born 29 July 1951) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Milan since 2017. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop and as the vicar general of the archdiocese.
Life
Mario Enrico Delpini was born in Gallarate, Province of Varese, son of Antonio and Rosa Caruggi. Delpini grew up in Jerago con Orago and in 1975 was ordained to the priesthood. He earned a degree in Italian Literature from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and a licentiate in theology. Since 1975, Delpini taught the Italian language in the minor seminary of his native archdiocese and in 1989 he was named as the rector of the minor seminary. In 1993, he was named as the dean of the seminary of Venegono Inferiore and in 2000 he became the rector of all seminaries of the Milan archdiocese.
In 2006, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi placed him in charge of one of the archdiocesan zones. On 13 July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI named Delpini as the Titular bishop of Stephaniacum,{{cite press release| accessdate=9 September 2017| publisher=Press Office of the Holy See| date=13 July 2007 | url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/07/13/0388/01061.html| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 13.07.2007 | language=it}} and Tettamanzi consecrated Delpini as a bishop on the following 23 September. Cardinal Angelo Scola made him as the vicar general of the archdiocese in 2012.
On 7 July 2017, Pope Francis appointed him as the new Archbishop of Milan,{{cite news|last1=Glatz|first1=Carol|title=Pope appoints 'bicycle bishop' to head Archdiocese of Milan|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/pope-appoints-bicycle-bishop-head-archdiocese-milan|accessdate=9 September 2017|work=National Catholic Reporter|agency=Catholic News Agency|date=11 July 2017}} where he was installed on 9 September.{{cite news|title=Delpini, messa in Sant'Ambrogio: 'Mi scuso se ho rubato la scena'|url=http://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/17_settembre_09/milano-giorno-monsignor-delpini-prima-messa-sant-ambrogio-3bf5d3c0-954d-11e7-8e01-d1e8868455f8.shtml|accessdate=9 September 2017|work=Corriere della Sera | language=it}}
On 14 June 2023, he celebrated the state funeral of Silvio Berlusconi in the Cathedral of Milan.{{Cite web |last=Grossi |first=Lorenzo |date=13 June 2023 |title=Ecco come si svolgeranno i funerali in Duomo: tutti i dettagli |url=https://www.msn.com/it-it/notizie/other/ecco-come-si-svolgeranno-i-funerali-in-duomo-tutti-i-dettagli/ar-AA1cv73v |access-date= |website=Il Giornale |language=it-IT}}
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External links
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Category:People from the Province of Varese