Giuseppe Molinari

For the Italian Olympic equestrian, see Giuseppe Molinari (equestrian).

Giuseppe Molinari (born 11 January 1938) is an Italian Catholic bishop, who served as Archbishop of L'Aquila.

Giuseppe Molinari
Archbishop Emeritus of L'Aquila
Archbishop Molinari during a liturgical celebration, 29 August 2009
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of L'Aquila
In office	6 June 1998 – 8 June 2013
Predecessor	Mario Peressin
Successor	Giuseppe Petrocchi
Previous posts	Coadjutor Archbishop of L'Aquila (1996-1998) Bishop of Rieti (1989-1996)
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1962 by Costantino Stella
Consecration	8 December 1989 by Mario Peressin
Personal details
Born	(1938-01-11) 11 January 1938 Scoppito, Province of L'Aquila, Kingdom of Italy

Styles of Giuseppe Molinari
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

Born in Scoppito, he was ordained to the priesthood on 29 June 1962.

On 30 September 1989 he was appointed Bishop of Rieti by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 8 from Archbishop Mario Peressin, assisted by Bishop Francesco Amadio and Archbishop Cleto Bellucci as co-consecrators.

Molinari was named Coadjutor Archbishop of L'Aquila on 16 March 1996. He succeeded Archbishop Peressin as Archbishop of L'Aquila upon the latter's resignation on 6 June 1998.

Molinari took an active role in dealing with the aftermath of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake disaster and has also been involved in the reconstruction process.

On 8 June 2013 he retired as archbishop. Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi was appointed his successor.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of L'Aquila". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)^{self-published}
• Archdiocese of L'Aquila official profile