Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini

Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini ( born May 20, 1936 in São João da Boa Vista, † June 13, 2012 in Guarulhos ) was a Brazilian clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Guarulhos.

Life

Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini occurred in 1947 in the small seminary and later studied philosophy and theology as well as journalism. He received on 29 June 1959, the ordination. He was for 32 years a priest in São João da Boa Vista and pastor of the cathedral, vicar general of the diocese, a member of the Council of Elders and vice-rector of the diocesan seminary.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 4 December 1991 to the Bishop of Guarulhos. The former bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Tomás Vaquero, donated to him on 7 February of the next year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were David Picão, Bishop of Santos, and Dadeus Grings, Bishop of São João da Boa Vista. On 23 November 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini the argument put forward on grounds of age resignation to.

Work

Bergonzini was a staunch opponent of abortion and prenatal diagnosis and was always in the public interest. In the blog DOM LUIZ Bergonzini he responded to the " decriminalization of society."

In 2010 he was chosen by the magazine Epoca the 100 most important Brazilians. He was made an honorary citizen of Guarulhos 1996. In 2011 he was awarded the Prêmio From Gallen, a price for the use for life rights.

Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini also worked as a journalist and editor in chief of A Cidade de São João and the Diocesan sheet of Guarulhos. He was also a member of the Academy of Arts of São João, a professor of economics at the Universidad Em São João Da Boa Vista, superintendent of the hospital Stella Maris and Vice - President of the Irmandade Holy House of Mercy de Guarulhos.