Maurizio Galli
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Maurizio Galli (21 November 1932 − 1 June 2008) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Galli was named bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Fidenza, Italy, in 1998 and resigned in 2007.[1] On 2 May 1998 he received the episcopal consecration in the Cremona Cathedral by hand of then local bishop Giulio Nicolini and with the participation of Giulio Nicolini and Fiorino Tagliaferri as his co-consecrators.
On 28 June 2007 Galli received the honorary citizenship by the Major of Cremona. two days later, he resigned from the charge of ordinary bishop under the pressures of part of the Italian Episscopal Conference, becoming emeritus bishop in the same diocese. Some elements belonging to the Roman Catholic feared he could be affected by a degenerative mental illness.
