Elzear Torreggiani D.D., O.S.F.C, (28 May 1830 – 28 January 1904)[1] was a Catholic Bishop of Armidale, New South Wales.

Torregiani was born in Porto Recanati, Loreto district, Papal States, Italy[1] and consecrated bishop on 25 March 1879. Prior to coming to Australia the bishop had had large experience of pastoral work in England and the south of Wales.[2][3] He was Superior of the Capuchin Monastery in Lower Park Road, Peckham, at the date of his appointment.[2]

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  1. 1 2 Duffy, C. J. "Torreggiani, Elzear (1830–1904)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Torreggiani, Right Rev. Elzear" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ P. Colbourne, Bishop Torreggiani and the early Capuchins in the Diocese of Armidale, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 25 (2004), 21-31.


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