Paolo Pezzi

H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, FSCB
Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow
Church	Catholic Church
See	Latin Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow
In Office	October 27, 2007—present
Predecessor	H.E. Msgr. Tadevush Kandrusievich
Successor	incumbent
Personal details
Born	August 8, 1960 (1960-08-08) Russi, Italy

H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, FSCB, also known as Pavel Pezzi, is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow (Russian Federation).

Styles of H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi, FSCB
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Biography

Early life and ministry

H.E. Msgr. Paolo Pezzi was born in Russi, Italy on August 8, 1960. He studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome (1985-1990). He was ordained to the priesthood for the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St.Charles Borromeo in 1990. He subsequently was awarded a Doctorate in Theology (Cattolici in Siberia, le origini, le persecuzioni, l’oggi) by the Pontifical Lateran University. He has worked in Russia since 1993. He was rector of the major seminary of Mary Queen of the Apostles in Saint Petersburg (2006).

Episcopacy

On September 21, 2007, Fr. Pezzi, until then rector of the major seminary of Mary Queen of the Apostles in Saint Petersburg, was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow by Pope Benedict XVI. He replaced the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese, Tadevush Kandrusievich. He was consecrated in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow on October 27, 2007 by Archbishop Kandrusievich, H.E. Msgr. Antonio Mennini, Titular Archbishop of Ferentium and Apostolic nuncio to Russian Federation, and H.E. Msgr. Joseph Werth, S.J., Bishop of the Diocese of Transfiguration at Novosibirsk.

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow

Preceded by Tadevush Kandrusievich

Archdiocese of Mother of God at Moscow 2007–

Succeeded by incumbent