Adriano Bernareggi

Adriano Bernareggi
(Arch)Bishop of Bergamo
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Bergamo
In office	14 April 1936 – 23 June 1953
Predecessor	Luigi Maria Marelli
Successor	Giuseppe Piazzi
Previous posts	Coadjutor Bishop of Bergamo (1931-1936) Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1931-1936)
Orders
Ordination	21 July 1907 by Andrea Carlo Ferrari
Consecration	24 January 1932 by Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster
Personal details
Born	(1884-11-09)9 November 1884 Oreno, Vimercate, Province of Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died	23 June 1953(1953-06-23) (aged 68) Bergamo, Province of Bergamo, Italy

Styles of Adriano Bernareggi
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Adriano Bernareggi (9 November 1884 – 23 June 1953) was an Italian Catholic archbishop.

Biography

Born in Oreno, near Milan, was the brother of future bishop Domenico Bernareggi.

He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1907. He graduated from Pontifical Gregorian University in canon law, after graduation became a teacher of canon law at the Milan Roman Catholic diocesan seminary. After a few years, Father Agostino Gemelli offered him a post as professor of ecclesiastic law at Catholic University in Milan.

Cardinal Achille Ratti named him pastor at San Vittore al Corpo in Milan. On 16 December Pope Pius XI appointed him coadiutor bishop with right of succession of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bergamo. In 1936 Bernareggi succeeded bishop Marelli as bishop of Bergamo. Bernareggi was promoted by Pope Pius XII as archbishop in 1952.

Bernareggi died on 23 June 1953. During his episcopacy in the territory of the diocese reported visions of Our Lady of Ghiaie di Bonate occurred.

External links and additional sources

• Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Bergamo". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}
• Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Bergamo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops) ^{[self-published]}