Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni

Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni is the retired bishop of Caxias do Sul and a Scalabrinian priest.

Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni C.S.
Bishop Emeritus of Caxias do Sul
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeRoman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Sul
In office2011–2019
PredecessorNei Paulo Moretto
SuccessorJose Gilson, O.F.M. Cap.
Orders
OrdinationMarch 8, 1970
ConsecrationMarch 17, 2006
by Archbishop Dadeus Grings
Personal details
Born (1943-08-26) August 26, 1943
Piazza Brembana,  Italy
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
OccupationBishop
Professionpriest
MottoNa Igreja ninguém é estrangeiro
In the Church nobody is stranger
Coat of armsAlessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni C.S.'s coat of arms
Styles of
Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenone

Biography

Born in Piazza Brembana in 1943, fourth of five children, he completed his studies between Rezzato and Cermenate. He entered the Scalabrinian Congregation in 1961, to be ordained priest on 8 March 1970. He left Italy for Brazil as a missionary in following November.

From 1988 to 1998 he was director of the Centro Missionero P. Luigi Valtulini in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay; and from 1999 to 2004 he was provincial superior in Brazil.

Elected titular bishop of Furnos Maior in 2006, he was ordained as auxiliary bishop of Porto Alegre on 17 March 2006, and moved to Caxias do Sul as coadjutor bishop[1] on 16 June 2010.

He succeeded the see on 6 July 2011, and remained in office until 26 June 2019 when Pope Francis accepted his resignation.

Honours and awards
Medalha do Mérito Farroupilha, 2008 [2]

References
  1. Papa nomeia bispo de Caxias do Sul membro de Pontifício Conselho
  2. Confira as notícias da Câmara de Vereadores de Caxias do Sul
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