Bishop of Prato
Giovanni Nerbini was born in 1954 in Figline Valdarno, province of Florence and diocese of Fiesole. After graduating in school supervision, he exercised the profession of teaching from 1973 to 1989. In 1989 he entered the diocesan seminary of Fiesole, and attended courses in philosophy and theology in the Theological Faculty of Central Italy in Florence. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Fiesole on 22 April 1995. He has served as parish vicar, parish priest, administrator, and moderator of the pastoral units of Diacceto and Rignano sull’Arno. He has been vicar general of the diocese of Fiesole since 2015.