Ottorino Pietro Alberti


Ottorino Pietro Alberti was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who served as Archbishop of Cagliari from 1987 to 2003.

Biography

Alberti was born into a prominent Family in Nuoro in Sardinia. He firstly had a bachelor in Agriculture in Pisa an later studied at seminaries in Pisa and Rome; was than ordained a priest in Rome on 18 March 1956.
Alberti was appointed as director of Seminary in Cagliari in 1971.
In 1973 he was also appointed as secretary and professor at Pontificia Università Lateranense.
In 1973 he was appointed Archbishop of Spoleto and Bishop of Norcia, in the same years Alberti was appointed as member of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
In 1987 he was elected to lead the church of Sardinia, being appointed Archbishop of Cagliari, becoming President of the Sardinian Episcopal Conference.
Alberti retired for age limit the 20 June 2003, and come back to his hometown Nuoro, where he died July 2012.

Books

Alberti was an historian who wrote several books, mainly about the history of Christianity and the Roman Catholic Church in Sardinia.
His works include: