Francesco Beschi
| Styles of Francesco Beschi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Francesco Beschi is the current bishop of Bergamo.[1]
Life
Born on the 6th of August in 1951 in Brescia the son of a railroad worker and a housewife, he grew up in Brescia and joined in his youth the seminary of his diocese. He became a priest in 1975 and for 12 years he was a parish priest in two parishes of Brescia. From 1987 he held various positions in the diocesan curia of the Diocese of Brescia. On the 18th of May in 2003 he was consecrated as titular bishop of Vinda and assumed the duty as auxiliary bishop of Brescia. On the 22nd of January in 2009 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as bishop of Bergamo and on the 15th of March the same year he began his ministry as bishop of Bergamo.