Francesco Marino

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Francesco Marino
Bishop of Avellino
Diocese	Diocese of Avellino
Appointed	13 November 2004
Installed	14 January 2005
Predecessor	Antonio Forte
Orders
Ordination	6 October 1979
Consecration	8 January 2005 by Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe
Personal details
Born	24 November 1955 Cesa, Campania
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Motto	Nos multi in illo uno unum
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Francesco Marino
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	6 October 1979
Place of ordination	Diocese of Aversa
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe
Co-consecrators	Mario Milano Antonio Forte
Date of consecration	8 January 2005
Bishops consecrated by Francesco Marino as principal consecrator
Sergio Melillo	31 July 2015

Francesco Marino is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and the current Bishop of Avellino.

Biography

Francesco Marino was born in Cesa, a comune in Campania, Italy. He studied at the Campano Interregional Pontifical Seminary of Naples (Posillipo) and was ordained a priest on 6 October 1979 in the Diocese of Aversa.

On 13 November 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed him the Bishop of Avellino, succeeding Antonio Forte, who retired due to age. He was consecrated in the Aversa Cathedral on 8 January 2005 by Crescenzio Cardainl Sepe. and co-consecrators Mario Milano and Antonio Forte.^[1] He took the Latin motto "nos multi in ilo uno unum."

On 31 July 2015, he served as principal consecrator of Sergio Melillo.

In 2011, he was elected to the Episcopal Commission for the Campano Interregional Pontifical Seminary of Naples (Posillipo).^[2]

References

1. "Bishop Francesco Marino". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. "Commissione Episcopale per il Pontificio Seminario Campano Interregionale". Pontifico Seminario Campano Interregionale (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2016.