Giovanni Melis Fois (October 7, 1916 – September 3, 2009) was an Italian
Prelate
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of
Roman Catholic Church
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Fois was born in
Sorgono, Italy and ordained a priest on August 13, 1939 from the
Archidocese of Oristano. On May 25, 1963, he was appointed bishop of the
Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias
The Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias ( la, Dioecesis Templensis-Ampuriensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Sardinia, Italy. Until 1986 it was known as Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sassari
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and ordained bishop July 28, 1963. Fois was then appointed to bishop of the
Diocese of Nuoro November 1, 1970 where he remained until retirement on April 16, 1992.
See also
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne
The Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne ( la, Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory on the east coast in central Italy.
It was promoted to the status of metropolitan archbishopric in 1982, and its name was ...
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Catholic-Hierarchy
1916 births
2009 deaths
People from the Province of Nuoro
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Participants in the Second Vatican Council
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