Marcelo Angiolo Melani

Marcelo Angiolo Melani

Bishop of Neuquén
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDiocese of Neuquén
In office9 January 2002 – 8 November 2011
PredecessorAgustín Roberto Radrizzani
SuccessorVirginio Domingo Bressanelli
Previous postsBishop of Viedma (1995-2002)
Coadjutor Bishop of Viedma (1993-1995)
Orders
Ordination21 March 1970
by Michele Pellegrino
Consecration18 September 1993
by Miguel Hesayne
Personal details
Born(1938-09-15)15 September 1938
Died14 April 2021(2021-04-14) (aged 82)

Marcelo Angiolo Melani S.D.B. (15 September 1938 – 14 April 2021) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop.

Biography

Melani was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as coadjutor bishop and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma, Argentina, from 1993 to 2002 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquén, Argentina from 2002 to 2011.[1] He also served as president of the Argentine bishops' commission for pastoral care among indigenous communities (Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Aborigen).[2]

He died from COVID-19 on 14 April 2021, in Pucallpa, Peru.[3]

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