Italy – The episcopal ordination of Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime and Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti
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22 April 2024

Rome, Italy – April 2024 – The episcopal ordination of two eminent sons of Don Bosco, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesian Congregation and Titular Archbishop-elect of Ursona, and Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, Titular Archbishop of Gradisca and President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), took place in the afternoon of 20 April at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major. Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus in Italy and the Republic of San Marino, conferred the Episcopal Ordinations, together with two Salesians as co-consecrators: Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, and Bishop Lucas Van Looy, Bishop emeritus of Ghent, Belgium.

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