Type: | Bishop |
Gaetano Michetti | |
Bishop of Pesaro | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro |
Term: | 1975–1998 |
Predecessor: | Luigi Carlo Borromeo |
Successor: | Angelo Bagnasco |
Ordination: | 8 August 1948 |
Consecration: | 15 August 1961 |
Consecrated By: | Mgr Norberto Perini |
Birth Date: | 1922 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Corridonia, |
Death Place: | Corridonia, |
Nationality: | Italian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic Church |
Occupation: | bishop |
Profession: | priest |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary bishop of Fermo |
Gaetano Michetti | |
Dipstyle: | His Excellency |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Bishop |
See: | Pesaro |
Gaetano Michetti (3 March 1922 – 13 December 2007) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro in Italy. Appointed by Pope John XXIII in July 1975, he served until 3 January 1998.
Born in Corridonia in 1922, Michetti was ordained as a Catholic priest on 8 August 1948. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Fermo on 31 May 1961 and was ordained titular Bishop of Irenopilis in Cilicia on 15 August 1961.[1] He was council father during the four sessions of Second Vatican Council.
He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Pesaro on 7 July 1973,[2] and installed as bishop after monsignor Luigi Borromeo's death, on 4 July 1975.
Bishop Gaetano Michetti died on 13 December 2007,[3] at the age of 85.