Salvatore Siino (5 October 1904 – 8 October 1963) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the

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. He became an archbishop in 1953 and served as Apostolic Nuncio in the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Biography

Salvatore Siino was born on 5 October 1904 in

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, Italy. He completed his ecclesiastical studies at the seminaries of Monreale and Palermo. He was ordained a priest of the

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and

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. While in Chile he combined his diplomatic duties with those of a professor at the Catholic University of Santiago. In Quito (Ecuador) he taught both at the

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and at the Theological College of the Salesian Fathers. The Catholic University of Santiago de Chile conferred upon him the Doctorate "Honoris Causa" and made him a Fellow of its Literary and Philosophical Academy. In 1950 he was promoted to the rank of "Consigliere di Nunziatura", and in 1951 was appointed

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) and was "entrusted with important and delicate duties", as Paul VI described. On 27 October 1953,

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appointed him titular archbishop of

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and Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic. He received his episcopal consecration on 29 November 1953 from Cardinal

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. He aligned himself with the authoritarian regime there, becoming "one of Trujillo's most active flatterers and effusive supporters". On 14 March 1959,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines. His reassignment, signaled a shift in the church's politics in Latin America. During his term, he facilitated in the erection of 6 dioceses (

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, and

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), the ecclesiastical province of Lingayen-Dagupan, 3 territorial prelatures ( Marbel,

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, and San Jose de Antique), and the appointment of 11 bishops and one apostolic administrator. He had also helped with the establishment and of the Pontificio Colegio Filippino at Rome (7 Oct 1961). Erected 10 new minor seminaries and the major regional seminary in Davao. He had also visited all the existing seminaries in the country while providing for their renovations and enlargements. With his help, three new Catholic universities were created:

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, and Saint Louis University in Baguio. In the field of Apostolate the Philippines have from him the organization of the Apostolatus Maris and of the Apostolatus Aeris, as well as a fruitful constant attention to the right functioning and strengthening of the Catholic Action and of the Social Catholic Action. On 1959 the "Pius XII Institute of Catechetical and Social Studies" was established in Jaro; and in Manila the "Asian Social Institute" in 1962. He died in Rome of a heart attack on 8 October 1963 at the age of 59 while waiting with a group of diplomats for a meeting with

. His funeral rites were held at Rome on 11 October 1963, were officiated by Cardinal

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, Secretary of State. The Pontificio Collegio-Seminario Filipino provided the altar and choir services. Present were Cardinal Joseph Pizardo, Cardinal

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, and Cardinal

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; the prelates from the Secretariat of State led by

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and Ernesto Camagni; the prelates from the " Ante-Camera Pontificia" presided over by

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; all the apostolic nuncios, internuncios and delegates in service headed by

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and

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; the Ambassador of the Philippines to the Holy See, Benigno Toda y Toledo, as well as Ambassador of the Republic of Santo Domingo, with the personnel of their embassies. Prominent among them at the Church of Santa Maria in Transpontina were the relatives of Siino.

References

External links

Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Salvatore Siino
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siino, Salvatore 1904 births 1963 deaths Clergy from Palermo Apostolic Nuncios to the Dominican Republic Apostolic Nuncios to the Philippines