Domenico Berni: key obituary facts
Is Domenico Berni dead? Yes. Domenico Berni died on November 8, 2026, at age 86.
Cause of death: Domenico Berni's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Domenico Berni known for?
He was an Italian bishop.
More about Domenico Berni
Born: 26 May 1940.
Place of birth: Bedonia.
Gender: male.
Occupation: Catholic priest, Catholic bishop.
Nationality: Italy.
Domenico Berni, an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla, died November 8, 2026, aged 86.
Born in Bedonia on May 26, 1940, Berni joined the Augustinian religious order and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1966. Pope John Paul II appointed him prelate of Chuquibambilla on March 29, 1989.
On September 10 that year, Luigi Dossena, the apostolic nuncio in Peru, consecrated him as a bishop. The co-consecrators were Antonio Giuseppe Angioni, emeritus bishop of Pavia, and Giovanni Volta, then bishop of Pavia. Berni led the territorial prelature from 1989 to 2018 and was later its emeritus prelate.