Carmelo Cassati
Carmelo Cassati MSC (born April 6, 1924 in Sant'Eufemia , Province of Lecce , † February 3, 2017 in Tricase ) was an Italian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie .
Life
Carmelo Cassati attended the seminary of the Sacred Heart Missionaries from 1936 , joined the religious community and made profession on September 28, 1942 after the novitiate . He studied at the seminary in Narni and at the Pontifical Gregorian University , where he obtained a licentiate in theology. In Ottawa he also obtained a licentiate in canon law . On December 17, 1949 he was ordained a priest .
In 1950 he went to South America as a missionary and initially worked in Brazil before he went to Peru the following year, where the local Apostolic Nuncio , Archbishop Giovanni Panico , called him to be his private secretary. Cassati followed him to Canada in 1954 and to Portugal in 1959, until Panico was accepted into the college of cardinals in March 1962 . In 1967 he was called to be Provincial of the Sacred Heart Missionaries in Brazil.
Pope Paul VI appointed him on April 27, 1970 titular bishop of Nova Germania and auxiliary bishop in Pinheiro . The episcopal ordination donated him to the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops , Carlo Confalonieri , the same year on June 28; Co- consecrators were Nicola Riezzo , Archbishop of Otranto , and Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus .
He was appointed prelate of Pinheiro on June 17, 1975 and renounced his titular bishop's seat on May 26, 1978 as part of the new allocation directives of the Roman Curia . On February 12, 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Tricarico and on September 7, 1985, Bishop of San Severo and Lucera . On September 30, 1986 Cassati resigned the leadership of the diocese of Lucera, but remained Bishop of San Severo. On December 15, 1990, John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie and on November 13, 1999, he accepted his resignation because of his age. Carmelo Cassati then retired to his hometown of Tricase, where he lived in a monastery until his death in 2017.
Honors
- Grand Cross of the Order of Constantine
Web links
- Entry for Carmelo Cassati on catholic-hierarchy.org
- The profile of Mons. Cassati , radiobombo.it , November 27, 1999 (Italian)
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Afonso Maria Ungarelli MSC |
Prelate of Pinheiro 1975–1979 |
Ricardo Pedro Paglia MSC |
| Giuseppe Vairo |
Bishop of Tricarico 1979–1985 |
Francesco Zerrillo |
| Angelo Criscito |
Bishop of Lucera 1985–1986 |
Raffaele Castielli |
| Angelo Criscito |
Bishop of San Severo 1985–1990 |
Silvio Cesare Bonicelli |
| Giuseppe Carata |
Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie 1990–1999 |
Giovanni Battista Pichierri |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassati, Carmelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sant'Eufemia , Province of Lecce , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 2017 |
| Place of death | Tricase |