Type: | Bishop |
Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. | |
Bishop of the Reggio Emilia-Guastalla | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla |
Term: | 1989–1998 |
Predecessor: | Gilberto Baroni |
Successor: | Adriano Caprioli |
Ordination: | 12 August 1945 |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1922 |
Birth Place: | Ciano d'Enza, Italy |
Death Place: | Montecchio Emilia, Italy |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Ales-Terralba (1983–89) |
Giovanni Paolo Gibertini, O.S.B. (4 May 1922 - 3 April 2020) was an Italian prelate of Catholic Church who was Bishop of Ales-Terralba from 1983 to 1989 and then Reggio Emilia-Guastalla from 1989 to 1998.
Gibertini was born in Ciano d'Enza and ordained a priest on 12 August 1945 for the Order of Saint Benedict. He was appointed bishop of the Ales-Terralba on 23 March 1983 and ordained bishop on 25 April 1983. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla on 11 June 1989 and retired on 27 June 1998.[1] Gilbertini died on 3 April 2020 in Montecchio Emilia at the age of 97.[2]