Anthony Mancini is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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 who serves as the current Archbishop of Halifax, as well as the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Yarmouth.

Born in Mignano Monte Lungo

Mignano Monte Lungo

Mignano Monte Lungo is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northwest of Naples and about 45 km northwest of Caserta....

, near Naples

Naples

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, Mancini emigrated to Canada with his family, arriving at Pier 21

Pier 21

Pier 21, a former ocean liner terminal, is Canada's National Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia.It operated as an ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 and became an immigration museum in 1999. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed...

 on December 1, 1948 and was raised in Montreal

Montreal

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.

Education

Archbishop Mancini received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 from Resurrection College at the University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

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, a Licentiate in Theology

Licentiate in Theology

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 from Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

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, a Master of Arts

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in religious studies from McGill University

McGill University

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, studies in ecumenical theology at the University of Geneva

University of Geneva

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 and his Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in pastoral theology at Université de Montréal.

Career

Archbishop Mancini was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Montreal on May 23, 1970. On February 18, 1999, he was appointed an Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

 of Montreal by Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte.

On October 18, 2007, he was appointed to the Archdiocese of Halifax, succeeding Archbishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast as the ordinary. At the same time, Mancini was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Yarmouth after Bishop James Matthew Wingle was transferred to the Diocese of Saint Catharines

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Catharines

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. He was installed to these positions on November 29, 2007.

On September 26, 2009, Archbishop Mancini also became the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Antigonish following the resignation of Bishop Raymond Lahey

Raymond Lahey

Raymond John Lahey B.Th. L.Th. Ph.D. D.D. is Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Antigonish in Nova Scotia. Lahey resigned from his position at the Catholic Church after being charged with possession of child pornography when members of the Canada Border Services Agency discovered...

. This lasted until November 21, 2009 when the Holy See appointed Bishop Brian Dunn

Brian Joseph Dunn

Brian Joseph Dunn is the current Roman Catholic Bishop of Antigonish.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Dunn was raised in the mining community of Buchans where he attended primary and elementary school before moving to the fishing community of Harbour Grace where he attended secondary...

as ordinary of that diocese.