Santoro Filippo

Archbishop of Taranto since 2011.

In September 2021, he was appointed Special Delegate of the Lay Association “Memores Domini” by Pope Francis.

He is President of the CEI Episcopal Commission for Social Problems, Labor, Justice, Peace and Custody of Creation. He is also President of the Scientific and Organizing Committee of the Social Weeks of Italian Catholics.
He is the author of several theological and philosophical publications.
In 1984 he went as a Fidei donum missionary to the Archdiocese of San Sebastian in Rio de Janeiro.
He was responsible for CL in Brazil and Latin America from 1988 to 1996. In 1992 he was a member of the Holy See delegation for the World Conference on the Environment and participated in the IV General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Sebastian in April ’96, while in 2004 he was designated Bishop of the Diocese of Petrópolis in Brazil.
He participated in the Synod of Bishops in 2008 and 2012.

ultimo aggiornamento: 24 May 2023

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