Adriano Ciocca Vasino
| Most Reverend Adriano Ciocca Vasino | |
|---|---|
| Prelate of São Félix do Araguaia | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Territorial Prelature of São Félix |
| Predecessor | Leonardo Ulrich Steiner |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 8, 1974 |
| Consecration |
May 2, 1999 by Czeslaw Stanula |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 8, 1949 Borgosesia, Italy |
Adriano Ciocca Vasino (July 8, 1949) is an Italian bishop in the Catholic Church. On 21 March 2012 he became the first Prelate of São Félix do Araguaia, Brazil.
Biography
Adriano Ciocca Vasino was born on July 8, 1949 in Borgosesia, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara based in Novara, Italy.
He studied Philosophy at the Philosophical and Theological Seminary San Gaudenzio in Novara, and Theology at the Theological Seminary San Zeno, in Verona, Italy. Ordained as a priest on September 8, 1974, he was then incardinated in the Diocese of Novara.
Career
After some years of pastoral practice in his Diocese, he flew as a Fidei donum priest in Brazil,[1] and he was appointed to be the Bishop of Floresta by Pope John Paul II on March 3, 1999, and was consecrated on May 2, 1999.
Until 2001 he was the referent for the CNBB in the Basic ecclesial communities. On March 21, 2012,[2] and he entered on May 13, 2012.[3]