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Fare di Cristo il cuore del mondo Make Christ the heart of the world
Oscar Cantoni is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Crema since 25 January 2005.
He was born in Lenno on 1 September 1950 and had moved with his family to the nearby village, Tremezzo, at the age of eight. In 1970, after studies at the Pontificio Collegio Gallio founded by the Somaschi Fathers, he entered the diocesan seminary in order to receive specific theological preparation. In 1975, Cantoni was ordained a priest in the province of Como by bishop Teresio Ferraroni. Until 1982 he performed pastoral activity in the parish of Santa Maria Regina in Muggiò, and was later dedicated to teaching of religion at the technical institute of 'Pliny Como'. On 11 July 2000 he was awarded the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness by Pope John Paul II. In 2003, all previous assignments had been terminated due to Cantoni being appointed as an episcopal vicar for clergy, a post which he held till being appointed a bishop by Pope John Paul II on 25 January 2005. On 21 November 2010 he received the insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre and was appointed the Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy for Northern Italy by decree of Cardinal John Patrick Foley, the grand master of the order.
Episcopal Ministry
He is given a delegation of the Bishops' Conference of Lombardy for the consecrated life and becomes part of the homologous episcopal commission of the CEI ; June 16th 2005 is also nominated for the seminars Italian visitor.
Even Cream continues its activities as a communicator: after the release of his letter input attached to the local Catholic weekly The New Torrazzo , in the early days of 2007 newsworthy its initiative to deploy in front of supermarkets and shopping centers of the diocese 'brochure I am writing as a friend , thirty pages of frank and informal language to talk about pain and illness, christening and family, leaving their e-mail address for those wishing to contact him directly .
From 12 October 2007 performs in all the parishes of his diocese his first pastoral visit , which ends in 2011 .
In May 2008 he was involved, together with the top of the curia lariana (Bishop Emeritus Alexander Beetles and former vicar general Enrico Bedetti), in ' charges of aiding towards a priest investigated for pedophilia, then archived .
In 2009 , after two years of intensive preparatory work, based Uni-Cream, "free university for adulthood" that he wanted to "contribute to the promotion of cultural and social citizenship" in the groove "Christian humanism and Christian tradition ". In September 2010 is the first bishop in Italy to organize and launch a "youth mission" diocesan: a peaceful invasion "minstrels of God" to communicate the friendship and the desire of God not only in churches but also in nightclubs, through music, theater, sport.
On 21 November 2010 he received the insignia of Grand Officer of the ' Order of the Holy Sepulchre and is appointed Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy for Northern Italy by decree of Cardinal John Patrick Foley , grand master of the order.
At the end of the pastoral visit, in 2011 index ecclesial assembly "to prepare our Church to face the times ahead," open to all the different parts of the diocese: priests, associations and groups, individual believers. It is characterized by a public discussion that takes place over three evenings, March 17 to 19 with the conclusion April 10.
