# Ignazio Bedini

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Iranian archbishop

Ignazio Bedini Archbishop Emeritus of Ispahan, Iran Bedini (left) Church Catholic Church Archdiocese Teheran-Isfahan Appointed 2 December 1989 Predecessor Kevin William Barden Successor Dominique Mathieu Orders Ordination 21 December 1968 by Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti Consecration 6 January 1990 by Pope John Paul II Personal details Born (1939-06-27) 27 June 1939 (age 87) Sassomorello, frazione of Prignano sulla Secchia, Italy

**Ignazio Bedini**, [S.D.B.](/source/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco) (born 27 June 1939) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was [Archbishop of Ispahan](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Ispahan) (Isfahan) in Iran from 1989 to 2015.[1]

Bedini was born in Sassomorello, near [Modena](/source/Modena), Italy, and ordained as a priest of the Order of the Salesians of Saint John Bosco on 21 December 1969. He was appointed archbishop of Ispahan on 2 December 1989 and consecrated on 6 January 1990. He resided in [Tehran](/source/Tehran). He was the head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Iran, though he was the only [Latin Rite](/source/Latin_Church) member of the conference, with the others being of the [Armenian](/source/Armenian_Rite) and [Chaldean Rites](/source/Chaldean_Rite).

Archbishop Bedini's retirement was announced by the Holy See effective 20 January 2015.[2]

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