Carmelo Cassati (6 April 1924 – 3 February 2017) was an

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of the

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. Cassati was born in

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ordained a priest on 17 December 1949 from the religious order of the

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. In 1950, he was sent as a

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to Brazil and then, in 1951, to Peru. The

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of Peru,

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, appointed him his secretary. Cassati was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Pinheiro, as well as titular bishop of Nova Germania, on 27 April 1970 and ordained on 28 June 1970. Cassati was appointed bishop of Pinheiro diocese on 17 June 1975. Cassati resigned from the Titular see of Nova Germania in 1978, followed by an appointment to

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and

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on 7 September 1985, resigning from Lucera on 30 September 1986. Cassati's final appointment was to the

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on 15 December 1990. Cassati remained with the diocese until his retirement on 13 November 1999. Cassati had lived in Eufemia-Tricase until his death at the age of 92.8 years.

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Tricarico Diocese

San Severo-Troia Diocese

Lucera Diocese
1924 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic archbishops in Italy Bishops in Basilicata Bishops in Apulia Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic bishops of Pinheiro People from Tricase {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub