Giovanni Benedetti
- Birth Date:
- 12.03.1917
- Death date:
- 03.08.2017
- Categories:
- Bishop , Long-living person, Priest, rabbi, mulla, imam
- Nationality:
- italian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Giovanni Benedetti (12 March 1917 – 3 August 2017) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.
Biography
Benedetti was born in Spello, Italy in 1917, ordained a priest on 26 May 1940 of the Archdiocese of Venice. Benedetti was named auxiliary bishop to the Diocese of Perugia and titular bishop of Limata on 12 December 1974, and consecrated on 23 January 1975. On 25 March 1976 Loras was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Foligno.
He retired on 10 October 1992. From 26 May 2016, he was the oldest Italian bishop, and he turned 100 in March 2017. He died on 3 August 2017.
Source: wikipedia.org
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