Fernando Charrier
Fernando Charrier ( born September 12, 1931 in Bourcet at Roure, Chisone, Torino Province, † October 7, 2011 in Alessandria, Piedmont ) was an Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Alessandria. Pope John Paul II called him the preachers of the social gospel.
Life
Fernando Charrier studied at the seminary in Pinerolo and received on 24 June 1956, the ordination. He was first secretary to the bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi and then pastor in Mentoulles. At the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, he studied canon law. Him in charge of the Office of social problems and work in the diocese of Pinerolo was transferred in 1968 by Bishop Santo Bartolomeo Quadri. After a commitment to the ACLI ( Associations Cristiane dei Lavoratori Italiani ) he was in 1971 Secretary of the Working Group on Pastoral and working in the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI ), from 1975, the National Office of the Italian Episcopal Conference was created for the pastoral and social work. Scharrier then took on the job of secretary of the Italian Commission for Justice and Peace.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on 29 September 1984 Titular Bishop of Cercina and appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Siena, Montalcino and Colle di Val d' Elsa. The Archbishop of Turin, Anastasio Alberto Cardinal Ballestrero OCD, consecrated him bishop on 11 November 1984; Co-consecrators were Pietro Giachetti, Bishop of Pinerolo, and Ismaele Mario Castellano OP, Archbishop of Siena and Bishop of Colle di Val d' Elsa and Montalcino. After the union of the dioceses Montalcino and Colle di Val d' Elsa with the Archdiocese of Siena he was on 30 September 1986 Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Siena - new Colle Val d' Elsa - Montalcino. He was secretary of the Evangelizzazione e promozione umana e Riconciliazione cristiana e degli uomini comunità. In 1985 he was elected to the General Assembly of the CEI for President of the Episcopal Commission for Social problems and work. In 1989 he was elected President of the Comitato Scientifico - Orga Nice Goals delle Settimane Sociali dei Cattolici Italiani.
On April 22, 1989, appointed Bishop of Alessandria Fernando Charrier of Pope John Paul II. He was from 1989 to 1996 and 2007 Member of the Legal Commission of the CEI. In May 1990 he became president, the secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Social problems and work. As President of the Foundation Justice and solidarity ( Fondazione Giustizia e Solidarietà ), he pushed through a successful campaign against the foreign debt of the CEI. On the occasion of the Jubilee Year 2000, Charrier coordinated groups of three preparatory meetings for the employees with the Pope: the anniversary of the artisans of March 19, the anniversary of the workers on 1 May and the anniversary of the farmers on 12 November. In May 2000 he was appointed as a member of the Episcopal Commission for Culture and Communication. He was also a long-time Vice - President of the Episcopal Conference of Piedmont. He was ecclesiastical adviser of CIDSE, a Catholic Agency for International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity in Brussels.
On 4 April 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. be age-related resignation to.