Armando Bortolaso (17 August 1926 – 8 January 2019) was an Italian
Catholic
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titular bishop.
Early life
Bortolaso was born in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
and was ordained to the priesthood in 1953. He served as titular bishop of ''Rapahamae'' and was bishop of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo
The Apostolic Vicariate of Aleppo (in Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Aleppensis) is an apostolic vicariate (Latin pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church, entitled to a titular bishop) and is immediately subject to the ...
,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, from 1992 to 2002.
Armando Bortolaso
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1926 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Italian titular bishops
Roman Catholic bishops in Syria
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