Gian Franco Saba
Italian Catholic Archbishop of Sassari
Intro | Italian Catholic Archbishop of Sassari | |
Places | Italy | |
is | Archbishop | |
Work field | Religion | |
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Religion: | Catholic church | |
Birth | 20 September 1968, Olbia | |
Age | 56 years |
Gianfranco Saba is from 27 June 2017 the elected Archbishop of Sassari.
Gianfranco Saba was born in Olbia in 1968, and was ordained as a priest in 1993. He continued his theological studies at Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia, and specialized at Patristic Institute Augustinianum. He also specialized at Institut Catholique de Paris.
He was rector of diocesan Seminary of Sassari and from 2000 to 2015 he was rector of Regional pontifical Seminary of Sardinia.
On June 27, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him as the new Archbishop of Sassari. He will be consecrated on September 13, 2013, by bishop of Ozieri Sebastiano Sanguinetti.