Lorenzo Piretto

Lorenzo Piretto, O.P. (born 15 December 1942) is the emeritus Archbishop of İzmir and a Dominican friar.^[1] He was ordained to the episcopate and installed as Archbishop of İzmir on 20 December 2015, five days after his 73rd birthday.

His Excellency Lorenzo Piretto O.P.
Archbishop Emeritus of İzmir
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	İzmir
In office	7 November 2015 - 8 December 2020
Predecessor	Ruggero Franceschini
Successor	Martin Kmetec O.F.M.Conv.
Previous post(s)	Parish priest, Istanbul Professor at University of Marmara
Orders
Ordination	4 August 1969
Consecration	20 December 2015 by Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-15) 15 December 1942 (age 82) Mazzè
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Bologna University of Turin
Motto	Misericordia
Coat of arms

Styles of Lorenzo Piretto
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Biography

Lorenzo Piretto was born in Mazzè in the frazione of Tonengo in 1942, and was ordained as a Dominican priest in 1966. He continued his theological studies in Bologna, where he was licensed in 1967, and in Turin where he became a doctor in 1972. From 1967 to 1974 he taught philosophy at the Dominican seminary of Chieri.

From 1983 to 2005 he taught Italian at Marmara University and, during the same period, was a journalist for the Christian review publication Presence.

From 2004 to 2015, he was a parson in St Peter and Paul church in Istanbul.

On 7 November 2015 Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of İzmir.^[2][3] He was consecrated on 20 December 2015, by Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul Boghos Lévon Zékiyan.

He resigned on 8 December 2020.