Pietro Salvatore Colombo
Pietro Salvatore Colombo OFM (born October 28, 1922 in Carate Brianza , Italy , † July 9, 1989 in Mogadishu , Somalia ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Mogadishu .
Life
Colombo was ordained a priest on April 6, 1946 for the Franciscans (OFM) . On November 20, 1975 he was appointed Bishop of Mogadishu. He received the episcopal ordination on March 16, 1976 by the Archbishop of Milan Giovanni Umberto Cardinal Colombo . Co-consecrators were the apostolic administrator of Misurata / Libya Guido Attilio Previtali and the emeritus prelate of the territorial prelature São José do Grajaú Adolfo Luís Bossi OFMCap . On July 9, 1989, Colombo was murdered on the steps of its cathedral. The bishopric has been vacant since then .
Web links
- Entry on Pietro Salvatore Colombo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Article about Colombo's successor on the side of the German military chaplaincy
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| SURNAME | Colombo, Pietro Salvatore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Roman Catholic Bishop of Mogadishu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carate Brianza , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1989 |
| Place of death | Mogadishu , Somalia |