Biography
The Bishop
H.E. BISHOP ALDO BERARDI, O.SS.T.
APOSTOLIC VICAR OF NORTHERN ARABIA
Episcopal Motto:
« Resurrexit, sicut dixit »
(He is risen, as He said)
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1963
was born in Longeville-lès-Metz (France) on 30th September 1963
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1979
in 1979 he entered the Foyer-Séminaire in Montigny-lès-Metz. He attended George de la Tour High School in Metz.
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1982-1984
from 1982 to 1984 he studied Philosophy at the Major Seminary of Villers-lès-Nancy.
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1984 to 1986
from 1984 to 1986 he did his civil service in Madagascar. During this time he held the positions of French teacher, librarian and cultural officer.
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1986
on 8th October 1986 he entered the novitiate of the Trinitarian Fathers in Cerfoid (France). There he made his first religious profession on 4th October 1987.
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1987 to 1990
from 1987 to 1990 he studied Theology at the Major Seminary of Montreal (Canada).
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1990
on 17th December 1990 he made his perpetual profession in Rome (Italy).
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1991
he was ordained a priest in Ars-sur-Moselle (France) on 20th July 1991.
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1990 to 1992
from 1990 to 1992 he attended the Accademia Alfonsiana in Rome, where he obtained a Licentiate in Moral Theology in 1992. In the same period, he also served at Caritas Rome.
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1992 to 1998
from 1992 to 1998, he served as director of a Spirituality Centre in Cerfoid (France). He has also held the positions of parochial vicar, school chaplain, chaplain of a psychiatric hospital, Boy Scout assistant and Catholic Action assistant.
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2000 to 2006
from 2000 to 2006 he directed the Centre Sainte Bakhita in Cairo (Egypt), which sheltered Sudanese refugees.
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2007 to 2010
from 2007 to 2010 he served in the Sacred Heart Parish in Manama (Bahrain).
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2009 to 2012
from 2009 to 2012 he was Provincial Counsellor for his Congregation.
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2011 to 2019
from 2011 to 2019 he returned to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, serving as Parish Priest and Episcopal Vicar.
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2019 to 2023
from 2019 to 2023 he was Vicar General of the Order of the Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives, President of the General Secretariat of Formation and Legal Representative of the Congregation’s Generalate.
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28th January 2023
On 28th January 2023 His Holiness Pope Francis appointed him the new Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia in succession to Msgr. Camillo Ballin, MCCJ, who died on 12th April 2020.
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18th March 2023
On 18th March 2023, Msgr. Aldo was consecrated Bishop by His Eminence Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J. (Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See) at Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral, Awali, Bahrain.
- Bishop Aldo is the Second Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, overseeing the territories of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
- Bishop Aldo has chosen as his Episcopal motto the announcement of the Resurrection in Mt. 28,6: « Resurrexit, sicut dixit » (“He is risen, as He said”). Throughout his religious life, he teaches that the Risen Christ plunges us into the fullness of Trinitarian life, and therefore into love.
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