Giovanni Nerbini

Giovanni Nerbini (born 2 June 1954) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who became Bishop of Prato in 2019.

Biography Giovanni Nerbini was born on 2 June 1954 in Figline Valdarno, Province of Florence. He earned a degree in school supervision and was an elementary schoolteacher from 1973 to 1989. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence, on 30 June and was installed in Prato on 7 September.

In December 2019, Nerbini notified civil authorities of charges of sexual abuse of two brothers—one less than 14 years old —on the part nine priests and brothers of the Disciples of the Annunciation, His predecessor, Bishop Franco Agostinelli, had only notified Vatican authorities of the allegations and Italian law does not require bishops to notify the police. He is the first Italian bishop to take such an action.