Giuseppe Petrocchi
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The Most Reverend Giuseppe Petrocchi |
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| Archbishop of L'Aquila | |
Petrocchi in 2013
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | L'Aquila |
| See | L'Aquila |
| Appointed | 8 June 2013 |
| Installed | 7 July 2013 |
| Predecessor | Giuseppe Molinari |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 September 1973 by Marcello Morgante |
| Consecration | 20 September 1998 by Silvano Montevecchi |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Giuseppe Petrocchi |
| Born |
19 August 1948 Ascoli Piceno, Italy |
| Previous post | Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno (1998-2013) |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Ante Omnia caritas |
| Coat of arms |  |
Giuseppe Petrocchi (born 19 August 1948) is an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who has served as the Archbishop of L'Aquila since 2013. He is to be made a cardinal on 29 June 2018.
Giuseppe Petrocchi was born on 19 August 1948 in Ascoli Piceno.
Petrocchi commenced his ecclesial studies in his home diocese on 4 October 1965 where he finished his high school education before being sent to the Pontifico Seminario Romano Maggiore in September 1967. He completed his studies at the Lateran where he obtained a bachelor's degree before doing additional studies at the college in Rome and the one in Macerata.
He was ordained to the priesthood on 14 September 1973 in the San Pietro Martire church and began work as a teacher and pastor.Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno on 27 June 1998 and he received his episcopal consecration the following 20 September in Ascoli Piceno from Silvano Montevecchi; the co-consecrators were the bishops Domenico Pecile and Marcello Morgante. He was installed in his new diocese on 18 October.
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