Salvatore Nunnari (born 11 June 1939, in

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) is the Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano.

Biography

Nunnari was born 11 June 1939 in Reggio,

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. He was ordained priest on 12 July 1964. He was appointed Archbishop on 30 January 1999 to the Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia. He thus received his episcopal consecration on 20 March 1999 from Archbishop Luigi Vittorio Mondello. He was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano on 18 December 2004 replacing Giuseppe Agostino. With the retirement of

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, he was appointed as

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for the

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of the

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on 10 August 2010. He took retirement on 15 March 2015.

References

External links

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Official Site of the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano
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Roman Catholic archbishops of Cosenza-Bisignano 1939 births Living people People from Reggio Calabria Archbishops of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia {{italy-RC-archbishop-stub