Marcelo Angiolo Melani

Marcelo Angiolo Melani S.D.B. was an Argentine Roman Catholic bishop.

Biography

Melani was born in Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as coadjutor bishop and bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma, Argentina, from 1993 to 2002 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Neuquén, Argentina from 2002 to 2011. He also served as president of the Argentine bishops' commission for pastoral care among indigenous communities.
He died from COVID-19 on 14 April 2021, in Pucallpa, Peru.