Roman Catholic Bishop. Castel San Pietro born Giovanni Pranzini was ordained priest on August 15, 1899. One of the first Emilia-Romagna prelates to undertake a dialogue with the forces of the left, facing contrasts with Benito Mussolini and his fascist regime, having served as chaplain of Mirabello, where he founded a rural bank and a labour house that accepted girls, entrusted to the Sisters of Charity, he was named archpriest of Sant'Isaia in 1918. Elected auxiliary bishop of Bologna by Pope Benedict XV, he received his episcopal consecration with the titular see of Diocesarea in Palestina on June 13, 1921 from Cardinal Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi. Appointed bishop of Carpi on November 18, 1924, he met a young Zeno Saltini, to whom he transmitted his experience of operating ministry in the social way of life, he acted as his counselor and eventually ordained him to the priesthood in 1931. With Saltini going on to found the community of Nomadelfia, a Greek word which means "the Law of Brotherhood", Pranzini organized the first Eucharistic Diocesan Congress and initiating the diocesan bulletin, he oversaw the renovation and expansion of the episcopal palace as well as that of the church of the cemetery of Carpi. Originally interred at the latter, on March 28, 1988 his remains were transported to the cathedral of his diocese and reburied buried in the floor in front of the altar of San Valeriano, near various other ordinaries of the Carpi.
Roman Catholic Bishop. Castel San Pietro born Giovanni Pranzini was ordained priest on August 15, 1899. One of the first Emilia-Romagna prelates to undertake a dialogue with the forces of the left, facing contrasts with Benito Mussolini and his fascist regime, having served as chaplain of Mirabello, where he founded a rural bank and a labour house that accepted girls, entrusted to the Sisters of Charity, he was named archpriest of Sant'Isaia in 1918. Elected auxiliary bishop of Bologna by Pope Benedict XV, he received his episcopal consecration with the titular see of Diocesarea in Palestina on June 13, 1921 from Cardinal Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi. Appointed bishop of Carpi on November 18, 1924, he met a young Zeno Saltini, to whom he transmitted his experience of operating ministry in the social way of life, he acted as his counselor and eventually ordained him to the priesthood in 1931. With Saltini going on to found the community of Nomadelfia, a Greek word which means "the Law of Brotherhood", Pranzini organized the first Eucharistic Diocesan Congress and initiating the diocesan bulletin, he oversaw the renovation and expansion of the episcopal palace as well as that of the church of the cemetery of Carpi. Originally interred at the latter, on March 28, 1988 his remains were transported to the cathedral of his diocese and reburied buried in the floor in front of the altar of San Valeriano, near various other ordinaries of the Carpi.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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