Giuseppe Molinari

Giuseppe Molinari (born January 11, 1938 in Scoppito, L'Aquila Province) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of L'Aquila.

For the Italian Olympic equestrian, see Giuseppe Molinari (equestrian).

Styles of Giuseppe Molinari
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Born in Scoppito, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1962.

On September 30, 1989, Molinari was appointed Bishop of Rieti by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 8 from Archbishop Mario Peressin, with Bishop Francesco Amadio and Archbishop Cleto Bellucci serving as co-consecrators.

Molinari was later named Coadjutor Archbishop of L'Aquila on March 16, 1996. He succeeded Archbishop Peressin as Archbishop of L'Aquila upon the latter's resignation on June 6, 1998.

Archbishop Molinari took an active role in dealing with the aftermath of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake disaster and has also been involved in the reconstruction process.[1]

On 8 June 2013 he retired as archbishop. Pope Francis appointed Giuseppe Petrocchi as his successor.

References

1. TERREMOTO: PROPOSTE CONFCOOPERATIVE L'AQUILA PER LA RICOSTRUZIONE AGI. May 6, 2010

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of L'Aquila". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Archdiocese of L'Aquila official profile

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francesco Amadio	Bishop of Rieti 1989 – 1996	Succeeded by Delio Lucarelli
Preceded by Mario Peressin	Archbishop of L'Aquila 1998 – 2013	Succeeded by Giuseppe Petrocchi