Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Alfonso Raimo as Bishop of the Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy, transferring him from his previous role as Titular Bishop of Termini Imerese and Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.
Bishop Raimo, who has served as auxiliary bishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno since 2024, will now take charge of the Diocese of Terni-Narni-Amelia after more than three decades of priestly ministry.
He was born on 2 July in Calabritto, in the province of Avellino, in the present-day Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.
After beginning his priestly formation, he earned a bachelor’s degree in theology at the San Luigi section of the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy and later obtained a licentiate in mission theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University.
He was ordained a priest on 18 March 1990.
Bishop Raimo began his priestly ministry as parish vicar of S.S. Martino e Quirico in Fisciano from 1990 to 1998 before serving as parish priest of the same parish from 1998 to 2011.
He also served as regional representative for missionary pastoral ministry of the Episcopal Conference of the Campania region from 2001 to 2012 and has lectured in mission theology at the Theological Institute of Salerno and the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in Salerno since 2007.
From 2011 to 2015, he was parish priest of S. Maria del Carmine e S. Eustachio in S. Francesco in Eboli and also served as chaplain of the I.C.A.T.T. Penitentiary in Eboli from 2011 to 2019.
Between 2012 and 2015, he served as national secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union and the Society of Saint Peter the Apostle of the Pontifical Mission Societies.
Since 2015, he has been parish priest of S. Bartolomeo Apostolo in Eboli.
His diocesan responsibilities have included serving as vice director of the diocesan missionary office from 2016 to 2020, and since 2020 as vicar general and member of the Council for Economic Affairs of the S. Matteo Diocesan Museum.
He has also served on the College of Consultors and the diocesan Pastoral Council for the 2021-2026 five-year term.
Bishop Raimo was appointed Titular Bishop of Termini Imerese and Auxiliary Bishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno on 30 April 2024 and received episcopal ordination on 1 June 2024.
Within the Episcopal Conference of the Campania region, he serves as bishop delegate for the protection of minors.
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