Gian Franco Saba Explained

Type:Archbishop
Gian Franco Saba
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Archbishop of Sassari
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Sassari
Term:27 June 2017
Predecessor:Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M.Conv.
Ordination:23 October 1993
Consecration:13 September 2017
Consecrated By:Sebastiano Sanguinetti
Birth Date:20 September 1968
Birth Place:Olbia
Previous Post:Rector of diocesan Seminary, Sassari
Rector of Regional pontifical Seminary of Sardinia
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Gian Franco Saba.svg
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia
Patristic Institute Augustinianum
Institut Catholique de Paris
Motto:Dilectione amplectere Deum
Gian Franco Saba
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Monsignor
Deathstyle:none

Gianfranco Saba is from 27 June 2017[1] the elected Archbishop of Sassari.[2]

Family life

Gianfranco Saba was born in Olbia in 1968, and was ordained as a priest in 1993. He continued his theological studies at Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia, and specialized at Patristic Institute Augustinianum. He also specialized at Institut Catholique de Paris.

He was rector of diocesan Seminary of Sassari and from 2000 to 2015 he was rector of Regional pontifical Seminary of Sardinia.

On 27 June 2017 Pope Francis appointed him as the new Archbishop of Sassari. He will be consecrated on 13 September 2013 by bishop of Ozieri Sebastiano Sanguinetti.

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Notes and References

  1. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/06/27/0453/01007.html#ri Rinuncia dell’Arcivescovo Metropolita di Sassari (Italia) e nomina del successore
  2. http://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2017/06/27/mons.-saba-nuovo-arcivescovo-di-sassari_ea939285-3fb5-4ade-9abd-9b86724c9153.html Mons. Saba nuovo arcivescovo di Sassari