Antonio Rosario Mennonna

Antonio Rosario Mennonna ( born May 27, 1906 in Muro Lucano, Potenza province, Italy, † November 6, 2009 ibid ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Nardo. He was most recently the second- oldest living bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Life

Mennonna studied at the Archbishop's Seminary in Benevento and philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Seminary of Posillipo. He was ordained a priest on August 12, 1928 by the Archbishop of Muro Lucano, Giuseppe Scarlata, then completed a PhD study of classical literature at the University of Naples Federico II, he worked as a priest in Apulia and taught in the seminary of Potenza. He was rector of the grammar school of Muro Lucano.

In 1955 he was of Pius XII. Bishop of the Diocese of Muro Lucano, Potenza - Muro from 1986 Archdiocese Lucano - Marsico Nuovo, appointed. He received his episcopal consecration on March 13, 1955 Archbishop Domenico Picchinenna; Were co-consecrators Matteo Guido Sperandeo, Bishop of Calvi e Teano, and Augusto Bertazzoni, Archbishop of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo.

In 1962 he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Nardo - Gallipoli by Pope John XXIII .. He participated in Vatican II and was responsible for the creation of 13 separate parishes; he built 23 churches and restored the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta of Nardo ( 1980 Basilica ). His resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II in 1983.

In 2008 he published his work " Dialogues con personaggi dell'Antica Roma " ( dialogues with people of ancient Rome ).

Honors and Awards

  • Gold Medal for Services to the Italian education ( " cultura e dell'arte della Benemeriti " ) by the President of the Republic of Italy, Giuseppe Saragat (1965 )
  • Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1979 )
  • Grand Officer ( Grande Ufficiale ) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2006)
  • " Key " of the city Nardo (2006)
  • Honorary citizen of Cupertino (2006)

Writings

  • I dialetti gallitalici della Lucania, Mario Congedo Editore, 1987, ISBN 8877863323
  • Dialoghi con personaggi dell'Antica Roma, Mario Congedo Editore 2006
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