Diego Lorenzi

Diego Lorenzi FDP ( born November 14, 1939 in Valdastico in Folgaria, province of Vicenza, Italy ) is a Roman Catholic priest and was private secretary of Pope John Paul I.

Life

Lorenzi, who hails from the Veneto region, was awarded on May 20, 1967, the sacrament of Holy Orders and joined the Order of the Sons of Divine Providence. In 1976, Secretary of Albino Luciani Cardinal, the then Patriarch of Venice. In this capacity he accompanied Cardinal Luciani in August 1978 after Rome, as this the conclave after the death of Paul VI. participated. Lorenzi was not surprised by his own admission on his election as Pope. In the Vatican, he was initially supported by the Irish Monsignor John Magee, a former private secretary of Pope Paul VI. Lorenzi had John Paul I even asked, because he was new in the Vatican.

After the death of the pope, he held missionary activities in the Philippines and Italy. Meanwhile, Diego Lorenzi lives on religious institute San Carlo Erba in the Province of Como.