Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli

Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli OFM (5 February 1942 – 30 December 2019) was a Libyan-Italian Roman Catholic prelate. He was an Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda. Martinelli was born in Tripoli, Libya.

He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1967 and returned to Libya in 1971. In 1985 he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Tripoli and the Titular Bishop of Tabuda. He retired on February 5, 2017 and was replaced by George Bugeja.

Martinelli died on 30 December 2019 at the age of 77.E’ morto monsignor Martinelli, vicario apostolico emerito di Tripoli 

References

Other websites
The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church - Bishop Giovanni Innocenzo Martinelli, O.F.M.
GCatholic.org - Apostolic Vicariate of Tripoli

Category:1942 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Libyan people