Cesare Mazzolari
Most Reverend Cesare Mazzolari M.C.C.I. | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rumbek | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek |
| See | Rumbekl |
| Appointed | November 5, 1998 |
| In office | July 16, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi |
| Successor | Christian Carlassare M.C.C.I. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 17, 1962 |
| Consecration | January 6, 1999 by pope John Paul II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1937 |
| Died | 16 July 2011 (aged 74) Rumbek, South Sudan |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Residence | Rumbek, South Sudan |
| Occupation | bishop |
| Previous post(s) | Apostolic administrator at Diocese of Rumbek |
| Styles of Cesare Mazzolari | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Cesare (or Caesar) Mazzolari (9 February 1937 – 16 July 2011) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, in the newly independent Republic of South Sudan.
Biography
Bishop Mazzolari was born Feb. 9, 1937 in Brescia, Italy. He joined the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus, and on 17 March 1962 was ordained a priest in San Diego, USA. His mission brought him to Cincinnati, in the United States, where he worked among African American and Mexican American miners.
He rebuilt the Diocese of Rumbek, after the two Southern Sudanese Secession Wars (1955–1973 and 1983–2005) had devastated the country and the Government of Khartoum had expelled all foreign missionaries from the country in the 1960s.[1][2][3]
He died a week later, on 16 July 2011, at the age of 74, while concelebrating a Mass.[4]
Notes
- ^ Independent Catholic News: "South Sudan: Peacemaker Bishop Mazzolari has died" July 17, 2011
- ^ Vatican Radio: "Catholic Diocese of Rumbek: The death of Bishop Caesar Mazzolari" Archived September 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine July 19, 2011
- ^ Cincinnati Herald: "Comboni Bishop Caesar Mazzolari dies" Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine July 18, 2011.
- ^ Bishop Cesare Mazzolari
External links
- Father Mazzolari on Catholic Hierarchy (in English)
