Don Giuseppe Manzoni is the new chaplain of the cloistered community of the Dominican Monastery of S. Giuseppe in San Sigismondoin Cremona. The official announcement was made at the end of the celebration on Sunday 30 June in San Sigismondo.
Don Manzoni, what’s happening to Father Daniel Piazzi (recently appointed parish assistant in Sant’Abbondio), will begin his new role as of July 1st, simultaneously taking on the role of rector of the former parish church of San Sigismondo, now annexed to the Monastery.
The nomination by the Bishop comes after the approval of the prioress of the Dominican community of Cremona and also considering the experience gained by Don Manzoni at the Benedictine Abbey of Novalesa.
As per the custom of the Dominican Order, the office of chaplain, which lasts three years (and cannot be renewed for a third three-year period), requires the commitment to celebrate the liturgical functions of the cloistered community without interfering in the internal government of the Monastery, outside of which the chaplain’s residence is expected.
Born in 1958, originally from CaravaggioDon Giuseppe Manzoni was ordained a priest on June 22, 1985, beginning his pastoral ministry as a parish vicar in Fornovo San Giovanni. In 1996 he moved to Rome to complete his studies, obtaining a license in Pastoral Theology. Upon returning to the diocese, from 1999 to 2003 he was vice-rector and bursar of the Episcopal Seminary of Cremona and from 2005 to 2007 vice-chancellor of the Curia and notary of the Court. A teacher at the Seminary until 2014, he also held the positions of ecclesiastical assistant of Fuci (2002-2005), ecclesiastical assistant of Meic (2003-2005), diocesan assistant of the Youth of Catholic Action (1999-2007). Subsequently he was parish priest of Gadesco, Pieve Delmona and San Marino (2007-2013), Drizzona, Piadena and Vho (2013-2019) and Casalbellotto, Fossa Caprara, Quattrocase and Vicomoscano (2019-2022). In 2022 he began a monastic experience in Dumenza, which he then continued at the Benedictine Abbey Della Novalesa.
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