Bruno Bertagna

Bruno Bertagna (12 October 1935 − 31 October 2013) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the Roman Curia. He became a bishop in 1991 and an archbishop in 2007. Between 1994 and 2007 he was Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

Biography Bruno Bertagna was born in Tiedoli, Italy, on 12 October 1935. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio on 23 May 1959. He did parish work for a few years and then studied in Rome, earning his doctorate in civil and canon law in 1997.

On 15 December 1990, Pope John Paul appointed him titular bishop of Drivastum and he received his episcopal consecration on 6 January 1991 On 20 November 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him general auditor of the Apostolic Camera.

On 15 February 2007, Pope Benedict named him Vice President of that body and raised him to the rank of archbishop.

Bertagna retired on 12 October 2010 and died in a nursing home in Parma on 31 October 2013 at the age of 78. He was entombed in the Tiedoli cemetery.