Archbishop of Napoli
Bishop Domenico Battaglia was born on 20 January 1963 in Satriano, province of Catanzaro and archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saint Pius X Seminary of Catanzaro. Ordained a priest on 6 February 1988, he has since served as rector of the Archiepiscopal Seminary of Catanzaro and member of the Diocesan Commission for Justice and Peace (1989-1992), parish administrator of Sant'Elia, parish priest of the Madonna del Carmine in Catanzaro, director of the diocesan Office for Missionary Cooperation among Churches, and parish priest in Satriano (1992-1999). He later served as a collaborator at the Shrine of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Torre Ruggero, parish collaborator in Montepaone Lido and administrator of the parish of Santa Maria di Altavilla in Satriano. Since 1992, he has been president of the Centro Calabrese di Solidarietà, a structure linked to Don Mario Picchi's Therapeutic Communities (FICT). From 2000 to 2006 he was vice-president of the Betania Foundation of the metropolitan archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. From 2006 to 2015 he was national president of the Italian Federation of Therapeutic Communities. He was elected as bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti on 24 June 2016, and consecrated on the following 3 September.