Salvatore Nicolosi (20 February 1922 – 10 January 2014) was an Italian
Prelate
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of
Roman Catholic Church
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.
Nicolosi was born in
Pedara, Italy and was ordained a priest on 22 October 1944. Nicolosi was appointed as bishop to the
Diocese of Lipari on 21 March 1963 and ordained bishop on 21 April 1963. Nicolosi was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Noto
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 27 June 1970 and retired from the diocese on 19 June 1998.
External links
Catholic-HierarchyDiocese of Noto
(Italian)
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
1922 births
2014 deaths
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