Salvatore Pappalardo (archbishop of Siracusa)
{{short description|Italian archbishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = archbishop
| consecration = 5 March 1998
| successor = Francesco Lomanto
| alma_mater = Pontifical Lateran University
| nationality = Italian
| birth_place = Nicolosi, Sicily, Italy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|03|18|df=yes}}
| birth_name =
| motto = {{langx|la|Servus per Iesum}}
| 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 = His Excellency
The Most Reverend
| enthroned = 8 November 2008
| appointed = 12 September 2008
| see = Siracusa
| metropolis = Siracusa
| archdiocese = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siracusa
| church = Roman Catholic Church
| 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 Archbishop of Siracusa from 2008 to 2020. Before that, he was Bishop of Nicosia for ten years.
Biography
Salvatore Pappalardo was born in Nicolosi 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 Pontifical Lateran University.
In the Archdiocese of Catania 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.{{cite web | website = Arcidiocesi di Siracusa | url=http://arcidiocesi.siracusa.it/il-vescovo-salvatore/ |title= Il Vescovo Salvatore | access-date = 24 July 2020 | language = it| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200709094332/http://arcidiocesi.siracusa.it/il-vescovo-salvatore/ | archive-date= 9 July 2020}}
Pope John Paul II 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, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Siracusa{{cite press release | access-date = 25 July 2020 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date= 12 September 2008 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 12.09.2008 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/09/12/0563/01435.html }} and he was installed there on 8 November.
Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 24 July 2020.{{cite press release | access-date = 25 July 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date= 24 July 2020 | title = Resignations and Appointments, 24.07.2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/07/24/200724a.html}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpappas.html Catholic Hierarchy: Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo] Wikipedia:SPS
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