Enrique Angelelli | |
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Bishop of La Rioja | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | La Rioja |
See | La Rioja |
Appointed | 3 July 1968 |
Installed | 24 August 1968 |
Predecessor | Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila |
Successor | Bernardo Enrique Witte |
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Ordination | 9 October 1949 |
Consecration | 12 March 1961 by Ramón José Castellano |
Rank | Bishop |
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Born | Enrique Ángel Angelelli 18 July 1923 |
Died | 4 August 1976 Sañogasta, Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina | (aged 53)
Motto | Para que todos sean uno ("So that all may be one") |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 17 July |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Servant of God |
Beatified | 27 April 2019 La Rioja, Argentina by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu |
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Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti (17 July 1923 – 4 August 1976) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina who was assassinated during the Dirty War for his involvement with social issues. Angelelli commitment to the "Church of the Poor" offered a model for the future Pope Francis.
His cause of sainthood opened in 2015. In June 2018 Pope Francis decreed he had died as a martyr for the faith, allowing Angelelli and his companions to be beatified. The beatification of Angelelli and his three companions was celebrated at La Rioja City Park in La Rioja on 27 April 2019.[1]