Gianfranco Gardin

Styles of Gianfranco Gardin
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Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. (born 15 March 1944) is Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso

Gardin was born at San Polo di Piave, in the Province of Treviso, Italy. In 1946, when he was about two years old, his family moved to Venice, where he grew up.

He joined the Order of Conventual Franciscan Friars, becoming a solemnly professed member on 4 October 1965. He was ordained a priest on 21 March 1970 and continued his studies in Padua and Rome.

He taught moral theology in Padua from 1973 to 1998. He founded and edited the periodical Credere oggi, whose title means "Believing Today".

In 1988 he became provincial superior of his order and in 1995 superior general, a post he held until 2001.

On 10 July 2006 he was named Titular Bishop of Cissa (transferred to Torcello in November 2007) and Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He was consecrated bishop on 26 August 2006.

On 18 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso.

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Piergiorgio Nesti	Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life 10 July 2006 – 18 December 2009	Succeeded by Joseph William Tobin
Preceded by Giovanni Tonucci	Titular Archbishop of Torcello 1 November 2007 – 18 December 2009	Succeeded by vacant

External links

• Naming of the Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso, Italy