Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Italian priest

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1965

Place of Birth: Cologno al Serio, Lombardy, Italy

Profession: politician, Catholic priest, university teacher

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.
(born 21 April 1965 in Cologno al Serio, Italy) is a Catholic archbishop, the current apostolic administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the former Franciscan Custos of the Holy Land.
He is also archbishop of the titular diocese of Pamphylia (Verbe) in Turkey.Pizzaballa has a reputation for personal integrity and simplicity that he earned during his pastoral care of Hebrew-speakers around Jerusalem.