Don Mario Farci, 57, current dean of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, is the new bishop of Iglesias. The appointment came this morning with a letter from the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, read in a press conference by Monsignor Giuseppe Baturi, archbishop of Cagliari since January 2020 and general secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference since 5 July 2022.
"It was a big surprise for me, the appointment came unexpectedly to me and I put myself at the disposal of what the Church wants", are Farci's first words. " My first thought was for the workers of Portovesme srl and the families of the two boys who died a week ago ".
The taking possession of the Diocese of Iglesias, now in the hands of the apostolic administrator Cardinal Arrigo Miglio, will take place no earlier than February . Farci, born in 1967 in Quartu Sant'Elena, was ordained a priest on December 7, 1991 in his hometown. He boasts a notable academic and pastoral career.
(Unioneonline/r.sp.)
