Archbishop Salvatore Asta †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1915		Born
25 Jul 1938	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Oct 1962	47.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia
13 Oct 1962	47.7	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Indochina
25 Nov 1962	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia
23 Mar 1964	49.1	Appointed	Apostolic Internuncio to Iran
25 Mar 1966	51.1	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Iran
7 Jun 1969	54.3	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Turkey
21 Jul 1984	69.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
Jul 1989³	74.4	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
30 Dec 2004	89.9	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Salvatore Asta
(VIAF: 88736053; WikiData: Q3945946)
Archbishop Salvatore Asta (born 17 Jan 1915, died 30 Dec 2004) Apostolic Nuncio

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Alcamo, Diocese of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Ordained Bishop Collège de la Propagande, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 66.4 years
a bishop for 42.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antonio Samorè †
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Archbishop Pierre Martin Ngô Ðình Thục †
Archbishop of Huế

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Alberto Tricarico † (1987)

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 181
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 178, Necrology (back)

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