Luigi Maria Marelli Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Luigi Maria Marelli
Bishop of Bergamo
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Bergamo
Appointed:15 December 1914
Enthroned:11 April 1915
Term End:14 April 1936
Predecessor:Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi
Successor:Adriano Bernareggi
Ordination:11 June 1881
Ordained By:Luigi Nazari di Calabiana
Consecration:6 January 1908
Consecrated By:Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Rank:Bishop
Birth Date:1858 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Death Place:Rho, Lombardy, Italy
Buried:Bergamo Cathedral, Crypt
Nationality:Italian
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:Latin: Innocua vigilo
Luigi Maria Marelli
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Monsignor
Deathstyle:none

Luigi Maria Marelli (1858-1936) was an Italian prelate named by pope Benedict XV bishop of Bergamo.[1]

Life

Born in Milan, Marelli was appointed bishop of Bobbio by pope Pius X in 1907 and in 1914 after the death of Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi he was transferred to the see of Bergamo. In 1920 pope Benedict XV sent to Marelli a letter, in the letter the pope affirmed the duty of the church to fight against Socialism but he also reaffirmed the importance of social teaching of Catholic Church[2] Marelli died in 1936 in Rho, Lombardy.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarelli.html
  2. https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xv/letters/1920/documents/hf_ben-xv_let_19200311_soliti-nos_it.html