Marcelo Angiolo Melani S.D.B. (15 September 1938 – 14 April 2021) was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop.
Biography edit
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]
References edit
- ^ Marcelo Angiolo Melani
- ^ Zenit, Obispos de Argentina piden «una tierra para todos» (in Spanish), published 12 September 2006, accessed 3 February 2024
- ^ Falleció en Perú Marcelo Melani, obispo emérito de Neuquén (in Spanish)
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