Corrado Lorefice
| The Most Reverend Corrado Lorefice |
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| Archbishop of Palermo | |
| File:Coat of arms of Corrado Lorefice.svg | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Palermo |
| Metropolis | Palermo |
| See | Palermo |
| Appointed | 27 October 2015 |
| Installed | 5 December 2015 |
| Predecessor | Paolo Romeo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 December 1987 by Salvatore Nicolosi |
| Consecration | 5 December 2015 by Paolo Romeo |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Corrado Lorefice |
| Born | 12 October 1962 Ispica, Sicily, Italy |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Coat of arms |  |
| Styles of Corrado Lorefice |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
Corrado Lorefice (born 12 October 1962) is an Italian priest and the Archbishop of Palermo since 5 December 2015.[1]
Biography
He was born on 12 October 1962 in Ispica, in the Province of Ragusa, Italy.
He was ordained a deacon on 26 September 1986 in Noto Cathedral by Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi, who ordained him as a priest of the Diocese of Noto on 30 December 1987 in the church of Santissima Annunziata in Ispica.
He has been an activist in opposing the Mafia and on behalf of the victims of human trafficking and prostitution. He has written favorable assessments of liberation theology.[2]
Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Palermo on 27 October 2015.[3]
Publications
- Gettate le reti: itinerario parrocchiale di preghiera per le vocazioni (Milan: Edizioni Paoline, 2004), ISBN 88-315-2602-2
- Dossetti e Lercaro: la Chiesa povera e dei poveri nella prospettiva del Concilio Vaticano II (Milan: Edizioni Paoline, 2011), ISBN 978-88-315-4003-2
- La compagnia del Vangelo: discorsi e idee di don Pino Puglisi a Palermo (Reggio Emilia: San Lorenzo, 2014), ISBN 978-88-8071-228-2
See also
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| Preceded by | Archbishop of Palermo 2015-present |
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