Alphonso Beretta

Alfonso Beretta P.I.M.E. (26 December 1911 – 23 May 1998, Alfonso Beretta) was an Italian Bishop of Warangal.

Bishop Alphonsus Beretta, PIME Ayyagaru
The Most Reverend
Monseigneur Beretta
Church	Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
Diocese	Hyderabad (1950-1953) Warangal (1953-1985)
Appointed	(1950-12-23)December 23, 1950 (in Hyderabad) (1953-01-08)January 8, 1953 (in Warangal)
In office	1950-1953 (in Hyderabad) 1953-1985 (in Warangal)
Predecessor	Dionisio Vismara, PIME (in Hyderabad) Position created (in Warangal)
Successor	G. Joseph Mark, RCM (in Hyderabad) T. Bala, RCM (in Warangal)
Orders
Ordination	(1934-09-22)September 22, 1934 by Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
Consecration	(1951-04-08)April 8, 1951 by Principal Consecrator: A. I. Shuster, OSB Principal Co-Consecrators: L. M. Balconi, PIME and D. Bernareggi, RCM
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	(1911-12-26)December 26, 1911 Brugherio (Italy)
Died	May 23, 1998(1998-05-23) (aged 86) Karunapuram, Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
Buried	RCM-Fatima Cathedral, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Christianity
Occupation	Priest
Education	B. Th.
Alma mater	PIME Seminary, Monza (Italy)

Life

Beretta was born in Brugherio in 1911 on Boxing Day. He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1934 as a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad, India on 23 Dec 1950 and consecrated on 8 April 1951. He was appointed to be the Bishop of Warangal in India on 8 Jan 1953.^[1]

Beretta retired on 30 November 1985 and he died in Warangal in 1998 as the Bishop Emeritus of Warangal.^[2]