Bishop Giovanni Mosciatti

The Pope has appointed Father Giovanni Mosciatti—a priest of the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica and until now the parish priest of San Facondino in Sassoferrato—as Bishop of the Diocese of Imola. Father Mosciatti was born in Matelica (province of Macerata) on January 23, 1958. He completed his secondary education in Matelica and studied for several years at the Faculty of Agriculture in Perugia. As a sympathizer of the *Comunione e Liberazione* (Communion and Liberation) movement and a student at the Almo Collegio Capranica, he attended the Gregorian University in Rome, obtaining a Baccalaureate in Theology in 1981. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica on December 6, 1986. He served as a parochial vicar at the Misericordia parish in Fabriano (1987–1988), as parish priest for the combined parishes of Melano, Cupo, and Bastia (1988–1997), and as parish priest of San Nicolò in Fabriano (1997–2003). From 2003 to 2012, he was the Director of the Office for Youth and Vocational Pastoral Care; from 2007 to 2012, he served as Rector of the Episcopal Seminary of Fabriano-Matelica; and since 2009, he has been the Deputy Director of the School Office for Catholic Religious Education (IRC) and the Director of Vocational Pastoral Care. Since 2012, he has served as the parish priest of San Facondino in Sassoferrato. He is a Canon of the Fabriano Cathedral, a member of the Presbyteral Council and the Diocesan Commission for the Permanent Diaconate, the spiritual assistant to the *Comunione e Liberazione* Fraternity for the Marche and Umbria regions, and a religion teacher at several high schools, including the “Vito Volterra” Scientific High School in Fabriano.