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Corrado Lorefice

The Most Reverend
Corrado Lorefice
Archbishop of Palermo
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Father Corrado, during the World Youth Day 2016
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Palermo
Metropolis Palermo
See Palermo
Appointed 27 October 2015
Installed 5 December 2015
Predecessor Paolo Romeo
Orders
Ordination 30 December 1987
by Salvatore Nicolosi
Consecration 5 December 2015
by Paolo Romeo
Personal details
Birth name Corrado Lorefice
Born (1962-10-12) 12 October 1962 (age 54)
Ispica, Sicily, Italy
Nationality  Italian
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Styles of
Corrado Lorefice
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor

Corrado Lorefice (born 12 October 1962) is an Italian priest and the Archbishop of Palermo since 5 December 2015.

He was born on 12 October 1962 in Ispica, in the Province of Ragusa, Italy.

He was ordained a deacon on 26 September 1986 in Noto Cathedral by Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi, who ordained him as a priest of the Diocese of Noto on 30 December 1987 in the church of Santissima Annunziata in Ispica.

He has been an activist in opposing the Mafia and on behalf of the victims of human trafficking and prostitution. He has written favorable assessments of liberation theology.

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Palermo on 27 October 2015.


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