Gianfranco Gardin

His Excellency Gianfranco Gardin
Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso
Metropolis	Venice
Diocese	Treviso
Installed	18 December 2009
Term ended	6 July 2019
Predecessor	Andrea Bruno Mazzocato
Successor	Michele Tomasi
Orders
Ordination	21 March 1970 by Girolamo Bortignon
Consecration	26 August 2006 by Angelo Sodano
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-15)15 March 1944 San Polo di Piave, Italy
Died	21 June 2024(2024-06-21) (aged 80)
Previous post(s)	Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (2006–2009) Titular Archbishop of Cissa (2006–2007) Titular Archbishop of Torcello (2007–2009)
Motto	DOMINI PULCHRITUDINE CORREPTI
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Styles of Gianfranco Gardin
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor

Gianfranco Agostino Gardin O.F.M. Conv. (15 March 1944 – 21 June 2024)^[1] was Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso.

Gardin was born at San Polo di Piave, in the Province of Treviso, Italy. In 1946, when he was about two years old, his family moved to Venice, where he grew up.

He joined the Order of Conventual Franciscan Friars, becoming a solemnly professed member on 4 October 1965. He was ordained a priest on 21 March 1970 and continued his studies in Padua and Rome.

He taught moral theology in Padua from 1973 to 1998. He founded and edited the periodical Credere oggi,^[2] whose title means "Believing Today".

In 1988 he became provincial superior of his order and in 1996 117th Minister General, a post he held until 2002.

On 10 July 2006, he was named titular Archbishop of Cissa (transferred to Torcello in November 2007) and Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He was consecrated bishop on 26 August 2006.

On 18 December 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop-Bishop of Treviso.

He died on 21 June 2024, at the age of 80.^[1]

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