Claudio Maniago, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Claudio Maniago

Italian priest

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1959

Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Claudio Maniago (born 8 February 1959, Florence) is an Italian, Roman Catholic bishop.
(bishop of Castellaneta and Satafi). He was born in Florence on 8 February 1959.
He entered the major seminary, attending the Florentine theological College and the Almo college of Capranica, followed by the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo. On 19 April 1984 he was ordained priest by Archbishop Silvano Piovanelli (letter Cardinal).
From 1987 to 1994 he was rector of the minor seminary, director of the diocesan center for vocations and member of the diocesan pastoral council and ecclesiastical assistant of the Serra Club.
In 1988 he became the Archbishop of Florence.
In 1991 he was the director of the diocesan liturgical office and member of the ordained commission. In 1994 he became a pro-vicar of the metropolitan archdiocese, moderator of the archbishop's curia and honorary canon of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.
In 2001 he was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Florence.