About Ignazio Bedini
Born 1939. Ignazio Bedini is an Italian catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Ignazio Bedini, S.D.B. (born 27 June 1939) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Ispahan (Isfahan) in Iran from 1989 to 2015.
Bedini was born in Sassomorello, near Modena, Italy, and ordained as a priest of the Order of the Salesians of Saint John Bosco on 21 December 1969. He was appointed archbishop of Ispahan on 2 December 1989 and consecrated on 6 January 1990. He resided in Tehran. He was the head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Iran, though he was the only Latin Rite member of the conference, with the others being of the Armenian and Chaldean Rites.
Archbishop Bedini's retirement was announced by the Holy See effective 20 January 2015.
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Iranian archbishop
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Ignazio Bedini was born on 27 June 1939 in Prignano sulla Secchia.
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Ignazio Bedini is a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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