Sebastiano Dho (16 May 1935 – 31 August 2021) was an Italian

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and

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. He served as the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saluzzo The Diocese of Saluzzo ( la, Dioecesis Salutiarum) is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, centered in the comune of Saluzzo. The diocese was established on 29 October 1511 for political reasons, to t ...

, based in Saluzzo, from 1986 to 1993. He was then appointed Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia The Diocese of Alba Pompeia or Alba Pompea ( la, Dioecesis Albae Pompeiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Its territory comprises eighty towns in the civil Province of Cuneo and two in the ...

from 3 July 1993, until his retirement on 28 June 2010. Born in Frabosa Soprana in 1935, Dho was ordained a

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in 1958. He died at the Santa Teresa Institute in

Mondovì Mondovì (; pms, Ël Mondvì , la, Mons Regalis) is a town and ''comune'' (township) in Piedmont, northern Italy, about from Turin. The area around it is known as the Monregalese. The town, located on the Monte Regale hill, is divided into ...

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on 31 August 2021 at the age of 86. He had been hospitalized at the Regina Montis Regalis hospital in Mondovì during the weeks prior to his death as his health deteriorated.

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1935 births 2021 deaths Bishops of Alba Bishops of Saluzzo Bishops in Piedmont 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops People from the Province of Cuneo People from Saluzzo People from Alba, Piedmont {{Italy-RC-archbishop-stub