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Alphonso Beretta

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Bishop

Alphonsus Beretta, PIME

Ayyagaru
The Most Reverend
Monseigneur Beretta
ChurchPontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
DioceseHyderabad (1950-1953)
Warangal (1953-1985)
Appointed(1950-12-23)December 23, 1950
(in Hyderabad)
(1953-01-08)January 8, 1953
(in Warangal)
In office1950-1953 (in Hyderabad)
1953-1985 (in Warangal)
PredecessorDionisio Vismara, PIME
(in Hyderabad)
Position created
(in Warangal)
SuccessorG. Joseph Mark, RCM
(in Hyderabad)
T. Bala, RCM
(in Warangal)
Orders
Ordination(1934-09-22)September 22, 1934
by Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
Consecration(1951-04-08)April 8, 1951
by Principal Consecrator: A. I. Shuster, OSB
Principal Co-Consecrators: L. M. Balconi, PIME and D. Bernareggi, RCM
RankBishop
Personal details
Born(1911-12-26)December 26, 1911
DiedMay 23, 1998(1998-05-23) (aged 86)
Karunapuram, Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
BuriedRCM-Fatima Cathedral, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
NationalityItalian
DenominationChristianity
OccupationPriest
EducationB. Th.
Alma materPIME Seminary, Monza (Italy)

Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (26 December 1911 – 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta) was an Italian Bishop of Warangal.

Life

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Beretta was born in Brugherio in 1911 on Boxing Day. He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1934 as a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad, India on 23 Dec 1950 and consecrated on 8 April 1951. He was appointed to be the Bishop of Warangal in India on 8 Jan 1953.[1]

Beretta retired on 30 November 1985 and he died in Warangal in 1998 as the Bishop Emeritus of Warangal.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Diocese of Warangal GCatholic, Retrieved 9 August 2015
  2. ^ Alfonso Beretta, Catholic Hierarchy, Retrieved 9 August 2015