Domenico Battaglia (bishop)

Domenico "Mimmo" Battaglia[a] (born 20 January 1963) is an Italian Catholic prelate who has been Archbishop of Naples since 2020.

He studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Regional Seminary San Pio X in Catanzaro.

From 2000 to 2006 he was Vice President of the Bethany Foundation (Italian: Fondazione Betania) a non-profit organization that operates rehabilitation centers and residential healthcare facilities in the provinces of Catanzaro and Vibo Valentia.

[1] He chose as his episcopal motto "Confide Surge Vocat Te" (Take heart, Stand Up, He is Calling) from Mark 10:49.

[2] In a pastoral letter in April 2020, he said that the COVID-19 pandemic had "exposed the fragility of this world of ours ... the weakness of that economy which, both locally and globally, was considered the single goal, and was seen and applauded as the only route, without any restraints, to human happiness on earth".

Battaglia on the day he was consecrated a bishop