Salvatore Asta
Salvatore Asta (17 January 1915 – 30 December 2004) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography[edit]
Salvatore Asta was born in Alcamo, Italy, on 17 January 1915. He was ordained a priest on 25 July 1938.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1940.[1]
On 13 October 1962, Pope John XXIII named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina.[2] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Amleto Cicognani on 25 November 1962.[citation needed]
On 23 March 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Iran.[3] His title changed to Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran on 25 March 1966.[4]
On 7 June 1969, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Turkey.[5]
On 21 July 1984, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.[6]
He retired when replaced in that post in July 1989.
Salvatore Asta died on 30 December 2004.
References[edit]
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica, Ex-alunni 1900 – 1949" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIV. 1962. pp. 827, 881. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVI. 1964. p. 608. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LVIII. 1966. p. 410. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXI. 1969. p. 471. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVI. 1984. p. 748. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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