, coat_of_arms = Coat_of_arms_of_Salvatore_Pappalardo_(1945).svg , rank = Archbishop , consecrated_by = Luigi Bommarito , ordination = 30 June 1968 , predecessor = Giuseppe Costanzo , honorific_prefix =

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, enthroned = 8 November 2008 , appointed = 12 September 2008 , see = Siracusa , metropolis = Siracusa , archdiocese =

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, image = , title = Archbishop emeritus of Siracusa , name = Salvatore Pappalardo , term_end = 20 October 2020 Salvatore Pappalardo (born 18 March 1945) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was

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on 18 March 1945. He was ordained a priest on 30 June 1968. He studied at the seminary in Catania and then obtained a licentiate in theology and a doctorate in canon law at the

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. In the

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he was a religion teacher in state schools, head of the diocesan Catechetical Office, vice rector of the seminary, and a parish priest. He became chancellor of the archdiocese and was Vicar General from 1989 to 1998.

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named him Bishop of Nicosia on 5 February 1998. He received his episcopal consecration on 5 March 1998 in the Cathedral Basilica of Catania and was installed on 25 March 1998. On 12 September 2008,

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appointed him Archbishop of Siracusa and he was installed there on 8 November.

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accepted his resignation on 24 July 2020.

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External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pappalardo, Salvatore Living people 1945 births Clergy from Sicily Pontifical Lateran University alumni