Lorenzo Piretto

Lorenzo Piretto
Styles of; Lorenzo Piretto
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Lorenzo Piretto
His Excellency; Lorenzo Piretto; O.P.
	Archbishop Emeritus of Izmir
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Izmir
In office	7 November 2015
Predecessor	Ruggero Franceschini
Successor	Martin Kmetec O.F.M.Conv.
Orders
Ordination	August 4, 1969
Consecration	December 20, 2015; by Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
Personal details
Born	December 15, 1942; Mazzè
Nationality	Italy
Previous post	Parish priest, Istanbul; Professor at University of Marmara
Alma mater	University of Bologna; University of Turin
Motto	Misericordia
Coat of arms

Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. (born 15 December 1942) is the emeritus Archbishop of Izmir and a Dominican friar.[1] He was ordained to the episcopate and installed as Archbishop of Izmir on December 20, 2015, five days after his 73rd birthday.

Biography

Lorenzo Piretto was born in Mazzè in the frazione of Tonengo in 1942, and was ordained as a Dominican priest in 1966. He continued his theological studies in Bologna, where he was licensed in 1967, and in Turin where he became a doctor in 1972. From 1967 to 1974 he taught philosophy at the Dominican seminary of Chieri.

From 1983 to 2005 he taught Italian at University of Marmara and in the same time was journalist in the Christian review Presence.

From 2004 to 2015, he was a parson in St Peter and Paul church in Istanbul.

On November 7, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Izmir.[2][3] He was consecrated on December 20, 2015, by Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul Boghos Lévon Zékiyan.

He resigned on 8 December 2020.

References

"Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Izmir (Turchia) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). press.vatican.va. November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
"Rinunce e Nomine, 07.11.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. November 7, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
"Fr. Lorenzo Piretto OP, new bishop of Izmir, Turkey" (in Italian). op.org. November 7, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ruggero Franceschini	Archbishop of Izmir 2015–2020	Succeeded by Martin Kmetec O.F.M. Conv.

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[1] "Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Izmir (Turchia) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). press.vatican.va. November 7, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

[2] "Rinunce e Nomine, 07.11.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. November 7, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[3] "Fr. Lorenzo Piretto OP, new bishop of Izmir, Turkey" (in Italian). op.org. November 7, 2015. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.