{{for|the cyclist|Luigi Ferrando (cyclist)}} {{short description|20th and 21st-century Italian Catholic bishop}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = Luigi Ferrando | title = Bishop of Diocese of Bragança do Pará | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = | see = Diocese of Bragança do Pará | term = 1996-2016 | predecessor = Miguel Maria Giambelli B. | successor = Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces O.A.R. <!-- Orders --> | ordination = 1 May 1965 | ordained_by = Mgr Paolo Ghizzoni | consecration = 5 May 1996 | consecrated_by = Cardinal Ersilio Tonini | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|1|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Agazzano | death_date = | death_place = | previous_post = }}
'''Luigi Ferrando''' (Dom Luís; born 22 January 1941) is the emeritus bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará.
==Biography== Ferrando was born in Agazzano, in the Province of Piacenza. He was ordained priest on 1 May 1965, by the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Miniato, Paolo Ghizzoni.
On 5 May 1996, Ferrando received episcopal ordination of Bragança do Pará from cardinal Ersilio Tonini. He replaced the previous bishop of Bragança Miguel Maria Giambelli; he was the first non-Barnabite bishop of Bragança from its elevation. Ferrando retired on 17 August 2016.
==Awards== Ferrando received the "Antonino d'oro" of the Province of Piacenza.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.liberta.it/asp/Dettaglio.asp?IDGruppo=304560&ID=288 liberta.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041231/http://www.liberta.it/asp/Dettaglio.asp?IDGruppo=304560&ID=288 |date=22 July 2011}}</ref>
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==Resources== * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bferrando.html Profile of Mons. Ferrando], catholic-hierarchy.org. Accessed 9 April 2024.
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