archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace
What was the position of Vincenzo Bertolone from Mar 2011 to Mar 2012?
Vincenzo Bertolone Vincenzo Bertolone S.d.P . ( born 17 November 1946 ) is an Italian Roman Catholic bishop , being the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace since 2011 . He was previously the bishop of the Diocese of Cassano allJonio . He is also a writer who has written and published books on the topics of faith . Early life . Bertolone was born in San Biagio Platani province as well as the archdiocese of Agrigento . He obtained his masters degree in 1972 and received his bachelors degree in Theology from the San Giovanni Evangelista Theological Institute in Palermo in 1974 . Priestly ministry . He was ordained a priest in Palermo on 17 May 1975 as a member of the order of the Missionary Servants of the Poor . He graduated in Pedagogy from the University of Palermo in 1981 , and obtained his license in Canon Law at the Angelicum in Rome in 1985 . In the same year he received the Postulator certificate from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and , in 1987 , he obtained his doctorate in Canon Law . Bertolone was a teacher of the subject of religion in the state secondary schools of Palermo from 1972 to 1984 and was a chaplain at the Malaspina Re-education Institute for troubled minors in Palermo from 1975 to 1980 . From 1975 to 1983 he the treasurer of the Palermo Educational Institute , and would serve as general treasurer from 1976 to 1989 and general councilor from 1976 2006 . He was a parish collaborator of S . Maria della Perseveranza in Rome from 1983 to 1987 , and also in Rome worked at a teacher in a school run by the Ursuline Sisters in 1985 to 1986 . In 1988 he became an official of the Congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life , of which he was appointed undersecretary by Pope John Paul II on 12 June 2004 . Bishop of Cassano allJonio . On 10 March 2007 , it was announced that Bertolone had been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the new bishop of the diocese of Cassano allJonio in Calabria . Bertolone was ordained a bishop on 3 May 2007 by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone S.B.D. , with Cardinal Franc Rode and Archbishop Vittorio Luigi Mondello in Rome . He was formally installed as bishop 10 days later on 13 May 2007 . Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace . On 25 March 2011 , it was announced that Bertolone had been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the new archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace , replacing the retiring Antonio Ciliberti . He was formally installed as archbishop on 29 May 2011 . On 3 September 2015 he was elected president of the Calabrian Episcopal Conference . Publications . - La Salus animarum nell’ordinamento giuridico della Chiesa , 1987 - Volto Redentore , Le sette lampade , 1997 - E il mandorlo fiorì , 1999 - I sette doni della grazia , 2000 - I tre compagni di viaggio , 2001 - Francesco Spoto . Il martire del sorriso , Elledici , 2007 . - Sulle orme del divino viandante . Riflessioni sulla vita consacrata , Elledici , 2007 . - Perché , perché Signore ? Non sei colpa tu , o Signore... , Edizioni San Paolo , 2010 . - La sapienza del sorriso . Il martirio di don Giuseppe Puglisi , Paoline , 2012 . - Padre Pino Puglisi beato . Profeta e martire , Edizioni San Paolo , 2013 . - I care humanum - Passare la fiaccola della nuova umanità , Paoline , 2014 . - Perfectae caritatis , cinquananni dopo . Né estranei agli uomini , né inutili nella città , Edizioni San Paolo , 2015 . - Il grano e la zizzania , Rubbettino , 2017 . - Gesù : eterno giovane tra i giovani , Rubbettino , 2018 . - Scomunica ai mafiosi ? Contributi per un dibattito , Rubbettino , 2018 . Political views . Bertolone has historically been a strong critic of Sicilian Mafia and Ndrangheta , calling them anti-Christian and anti-Gospel , and was one of the stronger advocates for the beatification of Pino Puglisi ( an Italian priest killed by the mafia in the 1990s ) .