Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M. (July 10, 1916 – August 1, 2009) was an American

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of the

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. Salza was born in

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in 1916. He was

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a priest on June 7, 1942, from the

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. Salza was appointed prelate to Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (Honduras) on December 18, 1963, and resigned from this position on August 6, 1977. Salza was ordained a bishop under the Titular See of Giufi Salaria on July 25, 1966. He died on August 1, 2009.

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