Salvatore Ronald Matano

Infobox Bishop
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name = Salvatore Ronald Matano
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bishop_of = Bishop of Burlington


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province = Boston
diocese = Burlington
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enthroned = 2005
ended = "current"
predecessor = Kenneth Anthony Angell
successor = incumbent
ordination = December 17, 1971
consecration = April 19, 2005
other_post = Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio
birth_name =
birth_date = birth date and age|1946|09|15
birthplace = Providence, Rhode Island
death_date =
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nationality = flag|USA|name=American
religion = Roman Catholic Church
residence =
parents = Salvatore and Mary (Santaniello)
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children =
ocupation =
profession =
alma_mater = Our Lady of Providence Seminary College
Pontifical Gregorian University

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name=Salvatore Matano
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=none |

Salvatore Ronald Matano (born September 15, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as Bishop of Burlington.

Biography

Salvatore Matano was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Salvatore and Mary (née Santaniello) Matano. After attending La Salle Academy and Our Lady of Providence Seminary College, from where he obtained his bachelor's degree in philosophy, he was ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal Hickey on December 17, 1971, in St. Peter's Basilica. From the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Matano earned his Licentiate of Sacred Theology (1972) and Doctorate in Canon Law (1983).

He served as assistant pastor in Johnston (1972-1973) and a professor at his "alma mater" of Our Lady of Providence Seminary College (1972-1977) before becoming Diocesan Director of Priests' Personnel in 1977. Matano also assumed the position of Diocesan Assistant Chancellor in 1980, and then pursued his graduate studies in Rome until 1983. Upon his return, he served as Vicar for Administration and Co-Chancellor until 1991, when he was made secretary to the American nuncio, Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan.

Matano was Providence's Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia from 1992 to 1997, when he returned to pastoral work, serving as a parish priest until 2000. From 1995 and 2000, he served as a Special Lecturer in the Undergraduate and Graduate Departments of Theology at Providence College. In January 2000, Matano returned to his service in the American nunciature as secretary to the Nuncio, then Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera. He was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1985 and Protonotary Apostolic in 1993.

On March 3, 2005, Matano was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 19 from Archbishop Montalvo Higuera, with Archbishop Seán Patrick O'Malley, OFM Cap, and Bishop Kenneth Angell serving as co-consecrators. Matano later succeeded Angell as the ninth Bishop of Burlington on November 9 of that same year.

The Bishop currently sits on the Board of Trustees of St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmatano.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.vermontcatholic.org Diocese of Burlington]

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