Ivan Maffeis

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Ivan Maffeis
Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve
Church Roman Catholic Church
Province Perugia
SeePerugia-Città della Pieve
Appointed16 July 2022
Installed11 September 2022
Predecessor Gualtiero Bassetti
Orders
Ordination26 Jun 1988
Consecration11 September 2022
by  Gualtiero Bassetti
Personal details
Born (1963-11-18) 18 November 1963 (age 61)
Trento, Italy
DenominationRoman Catholic

Ivan Maffeis (born 18 November 1963) is an Italian Prelate of the Catholic Church who is currently serving as the archbishop of Perugia. After becoming a priest, he spent twenty years working in his home diocese of Trento diving his time between pastoral work and journalism. He then moved to Rome and held various positions in the communications offices of the Italian Episcopal Conference for ten years. He worked briefly again in his home diocese until being appointed archbishop.

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Biography

Ivan Maffeis was born on 18 November 1963 in Pinzolo in the province of Trento. After completing his studies at the seminary in Trento, he was ordained a priest on 26 June 1988 for the Archdiocese of Trento. [1]

He was parish vicar in Mori from 1988 to 1990 and then studied at the Salesian Pontifical University, completing his doctorate in social communication sciences in 1994. He then worked as parish priest in Trento from 1994 to 2000; seminary teacher from 1994 to 2009; diocesan assistant of Catholic Action from 2000 to 2002; director of

the Vita Trentina diocesan weekly and of the diocesan radio, Radio Studio Sette in-Blu, [2] from 2001 to 2009. [1] For seven years he was national secretary of the Federation of Diocesan Weeklies (FISC). [3]

He left Trento for Rome in 2010. He was deputy director of the Social Communications Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2010 to 2015 and its personnel manager from 2012 to 2020; director of the Social Communications Office from 2015 to 2019, and undersecretary of the CEI from 2015 to 2020. [1] As director of social communications, he was the principal spokesperson for the CEI. [2] In October 2013 he was also given responsibility for the CEI's film evaluation commission. [2] On 12 April 2017 he was appointed to a five-year term as a consultor to the Dicastery for Communication. [4] From 2010 to 2022 he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Salesian Pontifical University and at the Pontifical Lateran University. [1] Throughout his years in Rome, he often returned to Pinzolo to act the role of parish priest at sant'Antonio di Mavignola. [5]

After leaving the CEI in 2020, he returned to the Diocese of Trent and worked as a parish priest serving the communities of Rovereto, Trambileno, Vanza, Noriglio, and Terragnolo, [1] based at the parishes of San Marco and Sacra Famiglia. [5]

On 16 July 2022, Pope Francis appointed him archbishop of Perugia. [1] And He was Concecrated and Installed as Archbishop of Perugia on 11 September 2022 .

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Rinunce e Nomine, 16.07.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Galeazzi, Giacomo (21 May 2015). "La Cei ha un nuovo portavoce: don Maffeis". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Pinzolo: don Ivan Maffeis nominato vescovo di Perugia". Gazzetta delle Valli (in Italian). 16 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 12.04.2017" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. 1 2 "L'arrivo a Rovereto di don Ivan Maffeis" (in Italian). RAI. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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