Roberto Bergamaschi was born in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, 17 December 1954. He joined the Salesians and made his first religious profession on 8 September 1975 in Pinerolo and his Perpetual Profession on 13 September 1981 in Rome. From 1975 to 1982 he studied philosophy in Turin - Crocetta and Theology in Cremisan in the Holy Land. He was ordained priest on 2 October 1982 in Brescia by S.E. Msgr. Armido Gasparini, M.C.C.J., first Apostolic Vicar of Awasa.
Since his ordination ha has had the following roles: missionary in Ethiopia Dilla (1982-1993); Pastor at Zway, in the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki (1993-2000); Vice-Provincial of the Salesian province of Ethiopia-Eritrea (1998-2010); Director at Adwa, in the Eparchy of Adigrat (2000-2004); Director of the Salesian Works of Gotera, Addis Ababa (2004-2007); Director of the Salesian Works of Mekanissa, Addis Ababa (2007-2009); since 2009 - parish priest of Mary Help of Christians Parish in Dilla, Apostolic Vicariate of Awasa. He is a member of the Mission Council and the Council of Priests.
