Felice Leonardo (9 March 1915 – 15 April 2015) was an Italian prelate of
Roman Catholic Church
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. At the age of 100, he was one of the oldest Roman Catholic bishops. Since the death of
Cardinal
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Ersilio Tonini
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, he also was the oldest Roman Catholic bishop from Italy.
Biography
Leonardo was born in
Pietramelara
Pietramelara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. It occupies the plain just south the slopes of Monte Maggiore, the highest peak ...
,
Italy
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in 1915. He was ordained a priest on 24 July 1938, appointed bishop on 22 July 1957 to the
Telese o Cerreto Sannita Diocese, and consecrated on 29 September 1957.
On 21 March 1984, Leonardo was appointed to the
Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti, then to the
when the diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita and the
Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti united on 29 September 1986.
Leonardo retired as Bishop of
Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti on 20 July 1991.
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1915 births
2015 deaths
Italian centenarians
People from Caserta
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Men centenarians
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