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{{Short description|Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia}}

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| see = [[Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia]]

| term_start = 2 October 1975

| term_end = 21 March 2005

| predecessor = [[Irzio Luigi Magliacani]], [[OFM Cap.]]

| successor = [[Paul Hinder]], [[OFM Cap.]]

| consecrated_by = [[Agnelo Rossi|Agnelo Cardinal Rossi]]

| birth_place = [[Poppi]], Italy

| death_place = [[Florence]], Italy

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'''Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli''' (30 June 1926 &ndash; 6 July 2017) was a [[Roman Catholic]] bishop. Born in Italy, Gremoli was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. Gremoli served as titular bishop of [[Masuccaba]] and was [[Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia|Vicar Apostolic of Arabia]] from 1976 to 2005. During this time, he spent a lot of time in [[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi]] and<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/arab0.htm|title=Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates|website=GCatholic.org}}</ref> heis one of the people credited with establishing the presence of the Catholic church in the [[Arabian Peninsula]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Tale of Tolerance |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS-8GvT5aN8 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-05}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Paul Hinder]].

Giovanni Gremoli was born on 30 June 1926 in [[Poppi]] ([[Arezzo]]) in Italy, the second of six children, and grew up on his family's large farm. In 1942 he entered the [[OFM Cap|Capuchins]] of the [[Tuscany|Tuscan Province]] and made his first religious profession on 15 August 1943. On 17 February 1951, he was [[Ordination|ordained]]a[[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]]in[[Florence]]. He then specialized in [[missiology]] and obtained a degree in [[canon law]] at the [[Pontifical Urban University|Pontifical Urbanian University]]in[[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Bernard Giovanni Gremoli passes away |url=https://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/35162.html |date=2017-07-07|website=[[Daily Tribune (Bahrain)|The Daily Tribune]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1954 he was appointed mission secretary of the Capuchins in Florence to look after the interests of their missions in India, [[Arabian Peninsula|the Gulf]], and Africa, a post he held until he was appointed [[Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia|Apostolic Vicar of Arabia]] on 2 October 1975. To improve his English which was essential for his task, he spent some weeks in Ireland before his [[episcopal ordination]] in Florence on 22 February 1976.

=== Time in Arabia ===

On 21 March 1976, Gremoli arrived in [[Abu Dhabi]], which after the [[Deportation|expulsion]] of the mission personnel from [[Aden]], had become the official residence of the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia. He was the first [[Bishops in the Catholic Church|Bishop]] who resided in the Gulf, while the seven previous apostolic vicars all had their headquarters in [[Aden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgremoli.html|access-date=2021-04-04|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>

He remained for 29 years as Bishop of the world's largest jurisdiction until he returned to Italy for his retirement on 22 May 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=United Arab Emirates|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2004/35510.htm|access-date=2021-04-08|website=U.S. Department of State}}</ref> Since then, he lived in the Capuchin friary of [[Montughi]] in Florence until his death.<ref name="avosa">{{Cite web|title=Bishop Bernard Giovanni Gremoli (91) passes away|url=https://avosa.org/news/bishop-bernard-giovanni-gremoli-91-passes-away|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia|language=en}}</ref>

Gremoli diedon6 July 2017 in Florence at the age of 91. His funeral was held on 8 July 2017 at the Capuchin Friary at Montughi, Florence.<ref name="avosa"/>

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