Angelo Rizzo (April 11, 1926,

Montedoro Montedoro ( Sicilian: ''Muntidoru'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caltanissetta in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about west of Caltanissetta. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of ...

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- July 16, 2009, Montedoro) was the

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of the

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from February 2, 1974, until his retirement on February 16, 2002. He was succeeded as bishop by

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. Rizzo died on July 16, 2009, in his native Montedoro of 83.

External links and references

''Catholic Hierarchy: Bishop Angelo Rizzo †'' Corriere di Ragusa: Angelo Rizzo obituary
(Italian) 1926 births 2009 deaths People from Montedoro Bishops of Ragusa 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Clergy from Sicily {{20C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub