Paolo Bizzeti

Paolo Bizzeti S.J. (born 22 September 1947) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop and was Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia from 2015 to 2024.

Biography Paolo Bizzeti was born in Florence on 22 September 1947. He obtained his licentiate in philosophy at the Pontifical Faculty of Philosophy Aloisianum of Gallarate, his bachelor's degree in theology at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, and a degree in philosophy at the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna. Pope Francis chose him for this position on the recommendation of Father Adolfo Nicolás, Director General of the Jesuits. Bizzeti received his episcopal consecration on 2 November 2015 in the Basilica of Santa Giustina in Padua from Archbishop Cyril Vasiľ, secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. He was installed as Vicar in the cathedral in Iskenderun on 29 November. After two years, he described the Church in Turkey as "a Church of foreigners" that has operated on a Western model and had yet to undertake the work of inculturation with an eye to the creation of a diocesan church.

Selected writings

with Marco Pratesi.