Gaetano Michetti

Gaetano Michetti
Bishop of Pesaro
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro
In office	1975 - 1998
Predecessor	Luigi Carlo Borromeo
Successor	Angelo Bagnasco
Orders
Ordination	August 8, 1948
Consecration	August 15, 1961 by Mgr Norberto Perini
Personal details
Born	(1922-03-05)5 March 1922 Corridonia,  Italy
Died	13 December 2007(2007-12-13) (aged 85) Corridonia,  Italy
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Occupation	bishop
Previous post	Auxiliary bishop of Fermo

Styles of Gaetano Michetti
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Gaetano Michetti (March 3, 1922 - December 13, 2007) was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesaro in Italy. Appointed by Pope John XXIII in July 1975, he served until January 3, 1998.

Biography

Born in Corridonia in 1922, Michetti was ordained as a Catholic priest on August 8, 1948. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of Fermo on May 31, 1961 and was ordained titular Bishop of Irenopilis in Cilicia on August 15, 1961.^[1] He was council father during the four sessions of Second Vatican Council.

He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Pesaro on July 7, 1973,^[2] and installed as bishop after monsignor Luigi Borromeo's death, on July 4, 1975.

Bishop Gaetano Michetti died on December 13, 2007,^[3] at the age of 85.

References

External links

• Profile of Mons. Michetti www.catholic-hierarchy.org
• Official Page of diocese of Pesaro