Giovanni Tani

Who is Giovanni Tani?

Giovanni Tani JCL is the current archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado since his appointment was announced on 24 June 2011. He had previously served as rector of the Pontifical Roman Seminary.

Tani was born in Sogliano al Rubicone, Forlì-Cesena, Italy, in the diocese of Rimini. After discerning a vocation to the priesthood he studied at the Minor Seminary of Rimini and then to the Regional Seminary of Bologna. He was a student at the Pontifical Roman Major Seminary. He later attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, obtaining his degree in Spiritual Theology. He went on to obtain a licentiate in Canon Law at the Pontifical Lateran University. He was ordained priest on 29 December 1973 for the Diocese of Rimini.