Giovanni Canestri [SEP] position held
Giovanni Canestri
Giovanni Canestri (30 September 1918 – 29 April 2015) was an Italian Catholic cardinal, who served as Archbishop of Cagliari from 1984 until 1987 and as Archbishop of Genoa from 1987 until 1995.
Life.
Born in Castelspina, province of Alessandria, he was ordained priest on 12 April 1941.
Canestri studied at the Minor Seminary of Alessandria from 1929 (secondary studies); then, at the Episcopal Seminary of Alessandria, where he obtained the maturità classica. In 1937, he went to Rome
Carnevale (1818–1831)
- Giovanni Negri (1833–1874)
- Vincenzo Capelli (1874–1890)
- Igino Bandi (1890–1914)
- Simone Pietro Grassi (1914–1934)
- Egisto Domenico Melchiori (1934–1963)
- Francesco Rossi (1963–1969 Resigned)
- Giovanni Canestri (1971–1975 Appointed, Vicegerent of Rome)
- Luigi Bongianino (1975–1996 Retired)
- Martino Canessa (1996–2014 Retired)
- Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M. (2014–)
Parishes.
A list of the parishes in the Diocese