Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli | |
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| Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Masuccaba |
| See | Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia |
| Installed | 2 October 1975 |
| Term ended | 21 March 2005 |
| Predecessor | Irzio Luigi Magliacani, OFM Cap. |
| Successor | Paul Hinder, OFM Cap. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 July 1967 |
| Consecration | 22 February 1976 by Agnelo Cardinal Rossi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli June 30, 1926 Poppi, Italy |
| Died | July 6, 2017 (aged 91) Florence, Italy |
| Buried | Poppi, Toscana, Italy |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome. |
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| Styles of Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli (30 June 1926 – 6 July 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Italy, Gremoli was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. Gremoli served as titular bishop of Masuccaba and was Vicar Apostolic of Arabia from 1976 to 2005. During this time, he spent a lot of time in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi and[1] he is one of the people credited with establishing the presence of the Catholic church in the Arabian Peninsula.[2] He was succeeded by Paul Hinder.
- ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates". GCatholic.org.
- ^ Tale of Tolerance, retrieved 2022-07-05