Luigi Ferrando
Luigi Ferrando is the emeritus bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of [Bragança do Pará].
Biography
Ferrando was born in Agazzano, in the Province of Piacenza. He was ordained priest on 1 May 1965, by the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miniato, Paolo Ghizzoni.On 5 May 1996, Ferrando received episcopal ordination of Bragança do Pará from cardinal Ersilio Tonini. He replaced the previous bishop of Bragança Miguel Maria Giambelli; he was the first non-Barnabite bishop of Bragança from its elevation. Ferrando retired on 17 August 2016.