Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli

Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli OFM (5 February 1942 – 30 December 2019) was a Libyan-Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was an Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda. Martinelli was born in Tripoli, Libya.[1]

Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli in 2009

He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1967 and returned to Libya in 1971.[1] In 1985 he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda. He retired on February 5, 2017 and was replaced by George Bugeja.[2]

Martinelli died on 30 December 2019 at the age of 77.[3]

References
  1. "Despite Death Threats, Bishop of Tripoli Refuses to Flee Libya". Zenit. February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. "Catholic bishop in Tripoli retires". Libya Herald. 8 February 2017.
  3. E’ morto monsignor Martinelli, vicario apostolico emerito di Tripoli (in Italian)

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