Clemente Gaddi

Clemente Gaddi[1] (23 December 1901 – 7 November 1993)[2] was an Italian prelate who was bishop of Bergamo in the years after the Second Vatican Council.

Clemente Gaddi
Bishop of Diocese of Bergamo
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Bergamo
In office	1963 - 1977
Predecessor	Giuseppe Piazzi
Successor	Giulio Oggioni
Orders
Ordination	September 18, 1926
Consecration	September 6, 1953 by Mgr Felice Bonomini
Personal details
Born	23 December 1901 Somana of Mandello del Lario,  Italy
Died	7 November 1993 (aged 91) Bergamo
Nationality	Italian
Previous post	Diocese of Nicosia Archdiocese of Siracusa

Styles of Clemente Gaddi
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Life

He was born in Mandello del Lario and ordained as a priest in 1926. From 1926 to 1953 he worked as professor of the seminary of Como and then prevost of Cernobbio.

In 1953, pope Pius XII named him bishop of Nicosia, and in 1962 pope John XXIII appointed him as Coadjutor archbishop of the Siracusa.

In 1963, after the death of bishop Giuseppe Piazzi he was named bishop of Bergamo with the personal title of Archbishop.

In 1977, he resigned from his post as bishop, and died in Bergamo where he is buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Bergamo.[3]

References

1. C. Epis, Gaddi Vescovo tra la gente,2001
2. http://portale.lombardinelmondo.org/nazioni/Europa/Articoli/storiaemi/gaddicle
3. From L'Eco di Bergamo website

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}