Resignation and appointment of bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino and Foligno, Italy, and union in persona Episcopi of the two sees
Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Kolda, Senegal
Resignation and appointment of bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino and Foligno, Italy, and union in persona Episcopi of the two sees
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the dioceses of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino and Foligno, united in persona Episcopi, presented by Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino.
The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Felice Accrocca, until now metropolitan of Benevento, as bishop of the dioceses of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino and Foligno, again uniting the two sees in persona Episcopi, maintaining his ad personam title of Archbishop.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop Felice Accrocca was born on 2 December 1959 in Cori, in the province of Latina, in the diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno. After studying theology at the Pontifical Leonian College of Anagni, he was awarded a degree in letters from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and a doctorate in Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 12 July 1986, and incardinated in the diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno.
He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo in Cisterna di Latina (1986-1989), parish priest of San Luca in Latina (1989-2004), director of the Paul VI Diocesan School of Theology (1994-2016), episcopal vicar for diocesan pastoral care (1999-2016), moderator of the Episcopal Curia (2001-2003), parish priest of San Pio X in Latina (2003-2012), diocesan assistant for Catholic Action (2003-2007), secretary of the diocesan Synod (2005-2012), parish priest of Sacro Cuore and parish administrator of San Pio X in Latina (2012-2016), coordinator of the diocesan Council of Lay Associations, and professor of Medieval Church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He is a member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Within the Italian Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Evangelization of Peoples and Cooperation between Churches. Within the Regional Episcopal Conference, he is the bishop delegate for education, schools and universities, the teaching of the Catholic religion, and culture.
He was elected to the metropolitan archepiscopal see of Benevento on 18 February 2016, and received episcopal ordination on the following 15 May.
Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Kolda, Senegal
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Joseph Francis Badji, of the clergy of the diocese of Ziguinchor, until now rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin, Ziguinchor, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Kolda, Senegal.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Joseph Francis Badji was born on 1 January 1966 in Ziguinchor. After studying philosophy at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin and theology at the Grand Séminaire François Libermann in Sebikhotane, he was awarded a master’s degree in philosophy from the Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (UCAO) in Abidjan.
He was ordained a priest on 28 December 1994.
He has held the following offices: vicar of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame des Victoires in Kolda (1994-1997), formator and professor of the philosophy cycle of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin (since 2001), head of the ongoing formation of priests (2011-2016), and rector of the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of Saint Jean Marie Vianney in Brin (since 2017).
