Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli


Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli

Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseMasuccaba
SeeApostolic Vicariate of Arabia
Installed2 October 1975
Term ended21 March 2005
PredecessorIrzio Luigi Magliacani, OFM Cap.
SuccessorPaul Hinder, OFM Cap.
Orders
Ordination4 July 1967
Consecration22 February 1976
by Agnelo Cardinal Rossi
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli

(1926-06-30)June 30, 1926
Poppi, Italy
DiedJuly 6, 2017(2017-07-06) (aged 91)
Florence, Italy
BuriedPoppi, Toscana, Italy
Alma materPontifical Urbanian University, Rome.
Ordination history of
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli
History
Priestly ordination
Date17 February 1951
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCardinal Agnelo Rossi
Co-consecratorsBishop Giovanni Bianchi [it]
Bishop Telesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm.
Date22 February 1976
Styles of
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

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.

  1. ^ "Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates". GCatholic.org.
  2. ^ Tale of Tolerance, retrieved 2022-07-05