Mario Russotto

{{short description|Roman Catholic bishop}}

{{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Mario Russotto|date=February 2018}}

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend

| name = Mario Russotto

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| title = Bishop of Caltanissetta

| image = Mario Russotto.jpg

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| church = Roman Catholic Church

| archdiocese = Agrigento

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| metropolis = Agrigento

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| see = Caltanissetta

| enthroned = 27 September 2003

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| appointed = 2 August 2003

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| predecessor = Alfredo Maria Garsia

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| ordination = 29 June 1981

| ordained_by = Angelo Rizzo

| consecration = 27 September 2003

| consecrated_by = Salvatore De Giorgi

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| birth_name = Mario Russotto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|7|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vittoria, Sicily, Italy

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| nationality = {{flag|Italy|name=Italian}}

| religion = Roman Catholic

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| motto = {{langx|la|In verbis tuis meditabor}}

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| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Mario Russotto.svg

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| ordained priest by = Angelo Rizzo

| date of priestly ordination = 29 June 1981

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| consecrated by = Salvatore De Giorgi

| co-consecrators = Salvatore Pappalardo
Paolo Romeo

| date of consecration = 27 September 2003

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| bishop 1 = Francesco Lomanto

| consecration date 1 = 24 October 2020

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Mario Russotto (23 July 1957) is a Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained priest on 29 June 1981 by bishop Angelo Rizzo. He was appointed bishop of Caltanissetta on 2 August 2003 by Pope John Paul II and consecrated on 27 September 2003 by cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi.{{Cite web |title=Bishop Mario Russotto of Caltanissetta, Italy |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bruss.html |access-date=2021-03-23 |website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org

}}{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=Caltanissetta, 17° anniversario consacrazione episcopale del Vescovo Mario Russoto |url=https://www.ilfattonisseno.it/2020/09/caltanissetta-17-anniversario-consacrazione-episcopale-del-vescovo-mario-russoto/ |access-date=2021-03-23 |website=il Fatto Nisseno - Caltanissetta notizie, cronaca, attualità - cronaca, approfondimento e informazione nel nisseno |language=it-IT }}