Don Francisco Garzon Medina to be vicar in the Parishes of the Pastoral Collaboration of Manzano

Don Francisco Garzon Medina will serve as vicar for the parishes within the Manzano Pastoral Collaboration. The Archbishop of Udine assigned this first pastoral role to Garzon Medina, a Colombian priest ordained on October 4.

Garzon Medina will assist parish priest Giovanni “Nino” Rivetti in five parishes: Manzano, Case, Manzinello, Oleis, and San Lorenzo di Soleschiano. The territory also includes the Rosazzo Abbey. Don Lino Bressan, a Salesian, also serves as a pastoral collaborator in the area.

The priest, born in Pitalito, Colombia, moved to Friuli to attend the Castellerio Seminary after meeting Archbishop Andrea Bruno Mazzocato in 2019. He will be presented to the local communities during the 11:00 a.m. Mass at the church in Manzano on Sunday, November 8.