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• ... that Gherardo Gambelli, the incoming Archbishop of Florence, was called "the priest of the peripheries, from Africa to prison" by Avvenire? Source: Avvenire (in Italian)
  • ALT1: ... that Gherardo Gambelli, the incoming Archbishop of Florence, served as a prison chaplain in Chad for over a decade? Source: Holy See Press Office; Il Messaggero
  • Reviewed: Peter Verhægen

Bloom6132 (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

• I'm listed as one of the creators. I'd suggest rephrasing to highlight the contrast between "archbishop" and "prison chaplain" and remove unessential "missionary": that Gherardo Gambelli, the incoming Archbishop of Florence, served as a prison chaplain in Chad for more than a decade? Rutsq (talk) 17:37, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• @Rutsq: good suggestion. Please feel free to suggest any other ALT hooks. —Bloom6132 (talk) 00:05, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gambelli refers in an interview to some early involvement with Chad, though it's hard to rework in encyclopedic language: "My journey, however, began way back in 2001, in that period I helped in the national seminary, a structure created in the 1990s by the first Jesuit missionaries in Chad, handed over to the Chadian diocesan priests who, however, did not have enough formators..." The source is here, dated 10 August 2023. Rutsq (talk) 17:05, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]