Nationality Uruguayan Ordination 15 October 1950 | Successor Nicolas Cotugno Name Jose Cristelli | |
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Died 7 March 2005(2005-03-07) (aged 81)Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (born 21 September 1923 in Baselga di Pinè, Trentino - deceased 7 March 2005 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan cleric.
Biography
He was ordained on 15 October 1950 as a Salesian of Don Bosco. On 1 March 1972 he was appointed titular bishop of Bellicastrum and auxiliary bishop of Mercedes; three years later, auxiliary bishop of Montevideo. On 5 June 1985 he was appointed Archbishop of Montevideo; he retired in 1998.
References
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