Felice Accrocca

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Felice Accrocca
Archbishop of Benevento
Archdiocese Benevento
Appointed18 February 2016
Installed12 June 2016
Predecessor Andrea Mugione
Orders
Ordination12 July 1986
Consecration15 May 2016
by  Mariano Crociata
Personal details
Born (1959-12-02) 2 December 1959 (age 63)
Cori, Latina, Lazio
NationalityItalian
Denomination Roman Catholic
MottoNisi dominus ædificaverit
Styles of
Felice Accrocca
Coat of arms of Felice Accrocca.svg
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop
Ordination history of
Felice Accrocca
History
Priestly ordination
Date12 July 1986
Place Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Mariano Crociata
Co-consecrators Andrea Mugione
Giuseppe Petrocchi
Date15 May 2016

Felice Accrocca (born 2 December 1959) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Benevento since 2016.

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Biography

Felice Accrocca was born on 2 December 1959 in Cori in the province of Latina, Lazio. He studied at the seminary of the Pontifical College Leoniano  [ it ] in Anagni. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on 12 June 1986. [1] Following ordination, he became an associate pastor at the Church of the Assumption of Mary in Cisterna di Latina. In 1989, he became a parish priest at the Church of Saint Luke in Latina, where he remained until 2004. He was then transferred to the Church of Saint Pius X, also in Latina. Finally, he was appointed a parish priest at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Latina in 2012. [1]

He was also the coordinator of the diocese's lay groups, managing editor of the monthly diocese magazine "Chiesa Pontina," and was the episcopal vicar for pastoral affairs. [1]

Accrocca was also a professor of medieval history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he furthered his studies of the medieval Franciscans, publishing numerous books and essays. [1]

Episcopal ministry

On 18 February 2016, Pope Francis appointed Accrocca Archbishop of Benevento, succeeding Andrea Mugione who retired due to age. [1] [2] On 15 May he was consecrated a bishop by Mariano Crociata, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno and co-consecrators Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi and Archbishop Andrea Mugione in the Church of the Sacred Heart where he had been pastor. [3] He was installed on 12 June [4] and received his pallium as metropolitan from Pope Francis on 29 June in St. Peter's Basilica. He chose as his episcopal motto Nisi dominus ædificaverit (Unless the Lord build the house), the opening verse of (Psalm 127).

On 5 December 2020, Pope Francis named him a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. [5]

Within the Italian Episcopal Conference he is a member of the commissions for evangelization and for interchurch cooperation. [4]

Works

  • Angelo Clareno. Seguire Cristo povero e crocifisso, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 1994.
  • Francesco e le sue immagini. Momenti della evoluzione della coscienza storica dei frati Minori (13th to 16th centuries), 1997.
  • Francesco. Un folle per amore, Edizioni Paoline  [ it ], 1998.
  • Viveva ad Assisi un uomo di nome Francesco. Un'introduzione alle fonti biografiche di san Francesco, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2005.
  • Francesco fratello e maestro, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2012.
  • Schiavo in Egitto. La storia di Giuseppe, Edizioni Paoline, 2013.
  • Francesco, un nome nuovo. Vita di un uomo santo, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2014.
  • Identità complessa. Percorsi francescani fra due e trecento, 2014.
  • La leggenda dei tre compagni, Messaggero di Sant'Antonio Editrice, 2014.
  • F. Accrocca - L. Bertazzo - P. Maranesi - L. Pellegrini, L'identità in cammino. Povertà e penitenza, predicazione e studi nello sviluppo dei testi legislativi dei frati Minori (13th-16th centuries), edited by A. Czortek, Cittadella editrice, 2014.
  • Francesco e la Santa Chiesa Romana. La scelta del Vangelo e la codificazione difficile di un ideale, Cittadella editrice, 2015.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Renunciations and appointments, 18.02.2016" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pope appoints Don Felice Accrocca new archbishop of Benevento" (in Italian). Vatican Radio. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Russo, Remigio (17 May 2016). "Accrocca ordinato vescovo nella chiesa di cui era parroco". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "S.E.R. Mons. Felice Accrocca". Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 05.12.2020" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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