Antonio Vitale Bommarco

Archbishop Bommarco (ca.1986)

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Antonio Vitale Bommarco OFMConv (born September 21, 1923 in Cres , † July 16, 2004 in San Pietro di Barbozza ) was Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca .

Life

Antonio Vitale Bommarco joined the religious order of the Minorites and was ordained a priest on December 8, 1949 . John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca on November 11, 1982 .

The Pope personally consecrated him bishop on January 6 of the next year; Co-consecrators were Eduardo Martínez Somalo , substitute for the State Secretariat , and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy , Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples .

As a motto he chose Da te ipsum aliis = amor . On June 2, 1999, his age-related resignation was accepted.

Web links

Entry on Antonio Vitale Bommarco on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Basilio Maria Heiser	General Minister of the Minorites 1972–1984	Lanfranco Serrini
Pietro Cocolin	Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca / Gorizia 1982–1999	Dino De Antoni

personal data
SURNAME	Bommarco, Antonio Vitale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, Catholic Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cres
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 2004
Place of death	San Pietro di Barbozza