Stefano Manetti

Manetti was born on 20 April 1959 in Florence, Italy. He attended the of Scandicci before entering the in 1978. He was ordained a priest on 19 April 1984 by the Archbishop of Florence, Silvano Piovanelli. == Priestly ministry ==

From 1984 to 1987, Manetti was a parochial vicar at the . He was then an ecclesiastical assistant at the San Michele youth community until 1995. At the same time, he was ecclesiastical assistant for the youth section of Azione Cattolica. In 1999, he became an ecclesiastical assistant for its adult section. In 1995, Manetti became the pastor of the in Certaldo. He was a religion teacher at the same time. In 2002, Manetti became the spiritual director of the Archiepiscopal Major Seminary of Florence and was appointed a canon of the chapter of the Basilica of San Lorenzo. In 2005, he was named the rector of the seminary and the head of vocations for the Archdiocese of Florence. Manetti was then appointed a canon of the chapter of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and made an honorary canon of the chapter of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in 2009. He was also a member and coordinator of the archdiocese's presbyteral council. In 2009, he was appointed to the archdiocese's college of consultors. == Episcopal ministry ==

Bishop of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza On 31 January 2014, Pope Francis appointed Manetti the Bishop of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza. Manetti was consecrated a bishop on 25 March 2014 in the Florence Cathedral. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, the Archbishop of Florence, and the principal co-consecrators were Cardinal Piovanelli, the Archbishop Emeritus of Florence; Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, the Bishop of Perugia–Città della Pieve; Claudio Maniago, the Auxiliary Bishop of Florence; and Rodolfo Cetoloni, the Bishop of Grosseto. All of the bishops of Tuscany were also co-consecrators. As a member of the , he was a delegate for clergy, seminaries, and vocations. As a member of the Italian Episcopal Conference, he was a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and Consecrated Life and of the Mixed Commission of Bishops - Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. On 6 July, the pope also appointed Manetti the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Montepulciano–Chiusi–Pienza until a new diocesan bishop could be appointed. Manetti remained as apostolic administrator until 3 September 2022, when Augusto Paolo Lojudice took possession as the archbishop-bishop of the diocese. == References ==