Blessed Alessandro Dordi
Profile
Priest in the diocese of Bergamo, Italy. Missionary of Fidei Donum. One of the Martyrs of Chimbote, murdered by Shining Path Communist guerillas.
Born
- 23 January 1931 in Gromo San Marino, Bergamo, Italy
- 3 February 2015 by Pope Francis (decree on martyrdom)
- 5 December 2015 by Pope Francis
- beatification celebrated at the Estadio Centenario Manuel Rivera Sánchez, Chimbote, Peru, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Alessandro Dordi“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 December 2015. Web. 31 May 2020. <>