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Archbishop Orazio Soricelli

Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni

Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Coat of arms of the Italian Archbishop Orazio Soricelli, Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni.
Born
Jul 9, 1952 Calvi, Province of Benevento, Italy
Nationality
Italy
Ordained priest
Sep 11, 1976 Apice, Italy
Ordained bishop
Jun 30, 2000 Arc, Italy
Appointed
Sep 23, 2000
Principal consecrator
Michele Giordano
Co-consecrators
Serafino Sprovieri Beniamino Depalma

Archbishop Orazio Soricelli, Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni, was born on July 9, 1952, in Calvi, in the province of Benevento and the Archdiocese of Benevento. He completed his studies at the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Benevento, where he obtained his bachelor's degree. He was ordained a deacon on January 4, 1976, and a priest for Benevento on September 11, 1976, in Apice. Among the principal offices he held were vice-rector of the regional seminary (1976-1977) and assistant parish priest of San Modesto (1977-1985), becoming its parish priest in 1986. He also served as parish priest of Santissima Addolorata in Benevento, vicar forane of the Benevento zone, diocesan and regional director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, assistant of the neocatechumenal communities of Benevento, and a member of the diocesan pastoral council. He is a member of the Pauline institute Gesù Sacerdote. On June 3, 2000, he was appointed Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni. He received episcopal ordination on June 30, 2000, with Michele Giordano as principal consecrator and Serafino Sprovieri and Beniamino Depalma as co-consecrators. He was installed as Archbishop of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni on September 23, 2000.