Nicola Agnozzi (5 November 1911 – 17 February 2008) was an Italian

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. Agnozzi was born in

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and was ordained a priest on 18 March 1934 from the religious Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Ndola in Zambia, along with Titular Bishop of Adramyttium on 2 April 1962 and was appointed bishop on 1 July 1962. Agnozzi was appointed to bishop of Diocese of Ndola in Zambia on 1 February 1966 and resigned on 10 July 1975. On 24 March 1976 he was appointed to the Diocese of Ariano, as well as the Diocese of Lacedonia. Agnozzi became bishop of the

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when the Ariano and Lacedonia dioceses were consolidated in 1986, retiring from diocese on 11 June 1988.

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20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Zambia Participants in the Second Vatican Council 1911 births 2008 deaths Roman Catholic bishops of Ndola {{africa-RC-bishop-stub

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