Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto
| His Excellency Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Curitiba | |
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| Appointed | 28 December 1970 |
| Term ended | 19 May 2004 |
| Predecessor | Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux |
| Successor | Moacyr José Vitti |
| Previous posts | Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Curitiba (1966–1970) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 December 1953 by Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux |
| Consecration | 28 August 1966 by Sebastiano Baggio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto 11 August 1926 Colônia Antônio Rebouças, Campo Largo, Paraná, Brazil |
| Parents | Giácomo Fedalto Corona Marchetti |
| Motto | Veritatem in caritate |
Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (born 11 August 1926) is a Brazilian Catholic prelate, who served as an Auxiliary Bishop (1966–1970), and later, as a Metropolitan Archbishop (1970–2004) of Archdiocese of Curitiba.
Biography
Feadlto was born in Colônia Antônio Rebouças, Campo Largo, Paraná in Brazil in a family of Giácomo Fedalto and Corona Marchetti of the Italian descents.[1] He studied at the Central Seminary of the Immaculate Conception of Ipiranga, São Paulo, and was ordained priest at the Cathedral Basilica Minor of Our Lady of Light, Curitiba, for his native Archdiocese of Curitiba, on 6 December 1953.[2][3]
In the same year he become a chaplain of the College of the Sisters of Divine Providence and after worked as a professor and spiritual director at the Queen of the Apostles Major Seminary and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Curitiba.[1]
On 30 May 1966 Pope Paul VI appointed him as a Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus and Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Curitiba and he received the episcopal consecration on 28 August of the same year from Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil, archbishop Sebastiano Baggio as a principal consecrator, and a co-consecrators Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux, archbishop of Curitiba and Jerônimo Mazzarotto, auxiliary bishop of Curitiba at the Cathedral Basilica Minor of Our Lady of Light in Curitiba.[2][1]
On 28 December 1970, he was transferred as a Metropolitan Archbishop to the see of Curitiba and on 19 May 2004 he retired from the pastoral governance of the diocese because of the age limit.[4][2]
References
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- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Back to citation occurrence 2.2 "Archbishop Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- Back to citation "Dom Pedro Fedalto - Década de 1970". curitibahistorica.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- Back to citation "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 3 November 2025.