[1] He then studied in Rome, first for four years at the Almo Collegio Capranica[1] and then at the Pontifical Alphonsian Academy, earning a licentiate in 1977 and a doctorate in moral theology in 1986,[2] with a thesis on "Alterità e etica.

La relazione con l'altro e l'impegno etico nelle opere di Emmanuel Levinas".

[4][3] He organized and prepared the diocesan synod and became its secretary in 1996. pro-vicar general and moderator of the curia beginning in 2001.

[4] Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of San Miniato on 6 March 2004.

[2] On 8 October 2014, Pope Francis named him bishop of Pistoia,[6] and he was installed in his new diocese on 8 December.