Delio Lucarelli (24 November 1939 – 29 January 2024) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He served as bishop of Rieti from 1997 to 2015.

Delio Lucarelli
Bishop Emertus of Rieti
Appointed30 November 1996
Term ended15 May 2015
PredecessorGiuseppe Molinari
SuccessorDomenico Pompili [it]
Orders
Ordination29 June 1965
by Vincenzo Del Signore
Consecration6 January 1997
by Pope John Paul II
Personal details
Born(1939-11-24)24 November 1939
Died29 January 2024(2024-01-29) (aged 84)
Rieti, Italy
MottoIn verbo tuo
Coat of armsDelio Lucarelli's coat of arms
Styles of
Delio Lucarelli
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Early life and ordination

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Lucarelli was born in Fano, an episcopal seat in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on 24 November 1939. He studied at the Pontifical Marche Regional Seminary "Pio XI" in Fano.[1] On 29 June 1965, Lucarelli was ordained a priest by Bishop Vincenzo Del Signore.[1] After ordination he carried out his pastoral work as parochial vicar in Lucrezia, where he remained from 1965 to 1967, and San Michele al Fiume, a hamlet of Mondavio, from 1967 to 1970. In that year he was appointed educator and animator at the regional seminary of Fano, where he then held the position of pro-rector and subsequently rector, from 1972 to 1988.[2] On 13 June 1978, he received the honorary title of Chaplain of His Holiness from Pope Paul VI.[3] In 1988, he was appointed general secretary for Italy of the Pontifical Society of Saint Peter the Apostle.[2]

Bishop

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On 30 November 1996, Lucarelli was appointed by Pope John Paul II as bishop of Rieti; he succeeded Giuseppe Molinari, previously appointed coadjutor archbishop of L'Aquila. On 6 January 1997, he received episcopal consecration, in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, through the imposition of the hands of the pontiff himself, co-consecrating archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Myroslav Marusyn. On the 2 February, he took possession of the diocese.[2] On 4 December 2002, Lucarelli called the diocesan synod; having concluded the work, and on 2 February 2006 he promulgated the synod book. Lucarelli resigned from his position due to the fact that he had reached the age limit, from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Rieti, which was accepted by Pope Francis on 15 May 2015.[4] He was succeeded by Domenico Pompili, of the clergy of Anagni-Alatri, until then undersecretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference. He remained apostolic administrator of the diocese until the entry of his successor on 5 September.[2]

Death

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Lucarelli died on 29 January 2024, at the age of 84.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "100 anni Seminario. Intervista a Mons. Delio Lucarelli, già rettore del Seminario Regionale ed ora Vescovo a Rieti". 2 May 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Il vescovo emerito Delio". Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ AAS 70 (1978) (PDF). p. 791. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Rinunce e nomine. Rinuncia del Vescovo di Rieti (Italia) e nomina del successore". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Morto Delio Lucarelli, vescovo emerito di Rieti". Il Messaggero. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ "E' morto il Vescovo Emerito Delio Lucarelli. Aveva 84 anni" (in Italian). Rietinvetrina. 29 January 2024.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Rieti
1997–2015
Succeeded by