Franco Manzi

Who is Franco Manzi?

Franco Manzi is an Italian Catholic priest and academic.

Born in Milan, Italy, he did his schooling in the liceo classico of the 'Pius XI' diocesan seminary at Venegono Inferiore, in the province of Varese, [Italy]. Subsequently he followed the usual cycle of studies at the major seminary itself and in 1990 gained the pontifical baccalaureate in theology from the Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale. On June 8, 1991 he was ordained priest at Milan for the diocese by the then archbishop, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, a noted biblical exegete.

From 1991 to 1994 Manzi pursued studies for the licentiate at the Biblical Faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Under the direction of Fr Albert Vanhoye, S.J., later made cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, he prepared the required thesis for the licentiate, entitled 'L'opera salvifica di Gesù Cristo tra kenosi e solidarietà'. He was granted the Licentiate in Biblical Sciences, on February 15, 1994, with an average grade of summa cum laude.