Salvatore Cassisa, (12 December 1921 – 3 August 2015) was an Italian
prelate
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of the
Roman Catholic Church
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Cassisa was born in Trapani, Italy and was ordained a priest on 3 September 1944. He was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Cefalù
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
on 1 December 1973 and was ordained bishop on 24 January 1974. Cassisa was appointed archbishop of the