Giuseppe Filippi

Giuseppe Filippi (born 17 March 1945), is an Italian-born Roman Catholic priest who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotido, since 17 August 2009.

Background and priesthood

Filippi was born on 17 March 1945 in Baselga del Bondone, in the city of Trento, in Italy. On 28 April 1977, he took the vows as a member of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCI). On 26 January 1978, he was ordained a priest at San Vigilio Cathedral, in the Archdiocese of Trento, in Trento, Italy, by Archbishop Alessandro Maria Gottardi†, Archbishop of Trento.

As bishop

Filippi was appointed Bishop of Kotido on 17 August 2009 and was consecrated a bishop on 19 December 2009, by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, Archbishop of Kampala, assisted by Archbishop Denis Kiwanuka Lote, Archbishop of Tororo and Bishop Giuseppe Franzelli, MCCI, Bishop of Lira.

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