Giovanni Giudici (bishop)

Not to be confused with the Italian poet and writer Giovanni Giudici (1924–2011).

Giovanni Giudici (6 March 1940 – 18 January 2024) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pavia from 2015 onwards. Giudici served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan from 1990 to 2003. on On 1 December 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Giudici as Bishop of Pavia, a position he held until his retirement in 2015.^[1][2][3]

His Excellency Giovanni Giudici
Bishop Emeritus of Pavia
Pavia Bishop Giovanni Giudici (seated) with Pope Benedict XVI in 2009
Metropolis	Milan
Appointed	1 December 2003
Term ended	16 November 2015
Predecessor	Giovanni Volta
Successor	Corrado Sanguineti
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Milan and Titular Bishop of Usula (1990–2003)
Orders
Ordination	27 June 1964 by Giovanni Colombo
Consecration	29 June 1990 by Carlo Maria Martini
Personal details
Born	(1940-03-06)6 March 1940 Varese, Italy
Died	18 January 2024(2024-01-18) (aged 83) Varese, Italy
Motto	HAURITE NUNC ET FERTE
Coat of arms

Styles of Giovanni Giudici
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Giudici was born in Varese on 6 March 1940. He studied at the Milan archdiocese's seminary and was ordained a Catholic priest by Archbishop Giovanni Colombo on 27 June 1964, in the Milan Cathedral.^[2] In 2013, Bishop Giudici officially recognized the 1989 healing of Danila Castelli, who suffered from an incurable tumor, as a miracle associated with Our Lady of Lourdes.^[3]

Giudici died at the Circolo Hospital in Varese, on 18 January 2024, at the age of 83.^[2][3]