1. Adelio Dell'Oro is the Italian-born Catholic Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
12 Facts About Adelio Dell'Oro
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Adelio Dell'Oro's first cousin is Italo Dell'Oro, who is an Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
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Adelio Dell'Oro was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Milan by Cardinal Giovanni Colombo on 28 June 1972.
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Adelio Dell'Oro served as the Vicar of St Andrea's Parish in Milan until 1983.
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Adelio Dell'Oro then served as the Vicar of St Maria Assunta parish in Buccinasco until 1997.
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Meanwhile, Dell'Oro was a teacher of the religion in secondary schools and technical institutes from 1974 to 1997.
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Adelio Dell'Oro served as a priest at Vishniovka-Ashaly, collaborator of the apostolic nunciature and teacher of theology at the major seminary of Karaganda from 2007 to 2009.
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Adelio Dell'Oro became the spiritual director of the inter-diocesan Mary the Mother of the Church seminary in Karaganda.
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Adelio Dell'Oro was appointed vice-rector of the college at Guastalla Monza and Diocesan Assistant of Communion and Liberation from 2010 to 2012.
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Adelio Dell'Oro received his episcopal ordination on 2 March 2013 in the cathedral of Milan by the hands of Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan with Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, and Archbishop Tomasz Peta of Astana as co-consecrators.
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On 31 January 2015, Adelio Dell'Oro was appointed Bishop of Karaganda by Pope Francis although he remained as Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau until 16 May.
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Adelio Dell'Oro has a working knowledge of Latin and Kazakh.