Cesare Nosiglia

Cesare Nosiglia (5 October 1944 – 27 August 2025) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Turin from 2010 to 2022. He was a bishop from 1991 on, serving first as an auxiliary bishop of Rome, vicegerent of Rome with the title of archbishop from 1996 to 2003, and then Archbishop-Bishop of Vicenza from 2003 to 2010.

Biography Nosiglia was born on 5 October 1944 in Rossiglione, Italy, and was raised in Campo Ligure. He studied at the seminary in Acqui Terme and was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Acqui on 29 June 1968 by Bishop Giuseppe Dell'Omo. Studying in Rome he obtained a licence in theology from the Lateran University and a licentiate in sacred scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He was consecrated on 14 September 1991 by Cardinal Camillo Ruini. On 25 May 2010, he was elected vice president of the CEI.

In August 2019, Pope Francis decided that Nosiglia would serve two years past the normal retirement age of 75.

On 12 October 2019, he was named Apostolic Administrator of Susa.

Pope Francis accepted his resignation from both his Susa and Turin positions on 19 February 2022.

Nosiglia died on 27 August 2025, at the age of 80.