Luciano Bergamin CRL (born 4 May 1944 in Loria, Veneto) is an Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Nova Iguaçu in Brazil.[1]
Life
editOn 19 December 1982 Luciano Bergamin joined the community of the Canons Regular of the Lateran, took up the profession on 2 October 1960 and received the priestly ordination on 10 April 1969.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on 5 April 2000 as auxiliary bishop in Santo Amaro and titular bishop of Octabia. The bishop gave him the bishop of Santo Amaro,[clarification needed] to Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, on 20 May that year. Co-consecrators were Emílio Pignoli, Bishop of Campo Limpo, and Francisco Manuel Vieira, Bishop of Osasco. He chose DOMINUS LUX ET SALUS[clarification needed] as his motto.
On 24 July 2002 he was appointed Bishop of Nova Iguaçu.
References
edit- ^ "bishop/bbergal". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.