Ruggero Franceschini

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Ruggero Franceschini, OFMCap (born 1 September 1939) is an Italian archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Ruggero Franceshini was born in Prignano sulla Secchia, Italy, on 1 September 1938. He entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and made his vows in 1960. He was ordained a priest of that order on 11 August 1963.^[1]

On 2 July 1993, he was appointed apostolic vicar of Anatolia and titular bishop of Sicilibba, North Africa.^[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 3 October 1993 from Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

On 11 October 2004, he was named Archbishop of İzmir.^[1] Shortly after arriving in İzmir, a police car that a deranged man had stolen struck him crossing the road. He spent months in the hospital and left him with a limp. He hired a Turkish lawyer and waited years for a resolution. He later connected it to other attacks he viewed as part of an anti-Christian campaign.^[2]

On 12 June 2010, he was given the additional responsibility of apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Anatolia ^[3] following the murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese. He did not accept the official explanation that Padovese had been the victim of a single mentally disturbed man. He connected it to other attacks and called it the work of "ultranationalists and religious fanatics".^[2]

On 7 November 2015, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop and named Lorenzo Piretto to succeed him.^[4]

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References

1 2 3 "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
1 2 Paci, Francesca (2011). Dove muoiono i cristiani (in Italian). Mondadori. p. 73.
↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.05.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 07.11.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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[vatbio-1] 1 2 3 "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.10.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

[paci-2] 1 2 Paci, Francesca (2011). Dove muoiono i cristiani (in Italian). Mondadori. p. 73.

[3] "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.05.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

[4] "Rinunce e Nomine, 07.11.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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