Antonio Forte Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Antonio Forte, OFM
Bishop of Avellino
Diocese:Diocese of Avellino
Appointed:20 February 1993
Predecessor:Gerardo Pierro
Successor:Francesco Marino
Ordination:25 February 1951
Consecration:10 September 1988
Consecrated By:Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Birth Date:9 July 1928
Birth Place:Polla, Province of Salerno, Campania
Nationality:Italian
Religion:Roman Catholic
Previous Post:Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia (1988–1993)

Antonio Forte, OFM (9 July 1928 – 11 September 2006) was an Italian ordinary of the Catholic Church and a Franciscan. He was the Bishop of Avellino and before that was the Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia.

Biography

On 1 October 1944, Forte entered the Order of Friars Minor and was ordained a Franciscan priest on 25 February 1951.

Following his position as provincial vicar and minister of the Franciscan order, he was appointed Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia . He was consecrated a bishop on 10 September 1988, his consecrator being Bernardin Cardinal Gantin and co-consecrators Gioacchino Illiano, Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno and Nicola Agnozzi OFM Conv., Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia.

On 20 February 1993, Forte was appointed Bishop of Avellino. He resigned due to age on 13 November 2004, assuming the title Bishop Emeritus of Avellino. He then moved to the convent of Bracigliano and, after surgery-related health problems, he moved to Santa Maria degli Angeli in Nocera Superiore, the location of the Franciscan provincial infirmary. On 11 September 2006, he died at the infirmary.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop Antonio Forte. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 1 January 2017.