Giuseppe Piazzi (Bishop)
Encyclopedia
Giuseppe Piazzi was an Italian bishop who led the Diocese of Crema and then the Diocese of Bergamo.
he was ordined priest in 1932 for the Diocese of Cremona and from 1942 to 1950 he was a pastor in the parish of Saint'Ilario in Cremona
, where he was arrested for brief time by the authorities of Italian Social Republic
for his support to the partisan
.
In 1950 pope Pius XII named him bishop of Crema and he 1953 he was appointed bishop of Bergamo.During his tenure as bishop of Bergamo he decided to renovate the diocesan seminary and he started the fraternal reletionship between his diocese and the whole city of Cochabamba
.
He died in Engelberg
.
Life
Born in CasalbuttanoCasalbuttano ed Uniti
Casalbuttano ed Uniti is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km southeast of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Cremona...
he was ordined priest in 1932 for the Diocese of Cremona and from 1942 to 1950 he was a pastor in the parish of Saint'Ilario in Cremona
Cremona
Cremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
, where he was arrested for brief time by the authorities of Italian Social Republic
Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic was a puppet state of Nazi Germany led by the "Duce of the Nation" and "Minister of Foreign Affairs" Benito Mussolini and his Republican Fascist Party. The RSI exercised nominal sovereignty in northern Italy but was largely dependent on the Wehrmacht to maintain control...
for his support to the partisan
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
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In 1950 pope Pius XII named him bishop of Crema and he 1953 he was appointed bishop of Bergamo.During his tenure as bishop of Bergamo he decided to renovate the diocesan seminary and he started the fraternal reletionship between his diocese and the whole city of Cochabamba
Cochabamba
Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...
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He died in Engelberg
Engelberg
Engelberg is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Engelberg has a population of . , 21.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.It is the leading mountain resort in central Switzerland...
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