Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Emanuele Catarinicchia | |
Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo | |
Metropolis: | Palermo |
Appointed: | 7 December 1987 |
Term End: | 15 November 2002 |
Predecessor: | Costantino Trapani |
Successor: | Calogero La Piana |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Cefalù (1978–1987) |
Ordination: | 2 April 1949 |
Consecration: | 17 December 1978 |
Consecrated By: | Sebastiano Baggio |
Birth Date: | 1926 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Partinico, Sicily, Italy |
Death Place: | Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy |
Motto: | Super omnia charitas |
Emanuele Catarinicchia (12 July 1926 – 26 January 2024) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Partinico, Sicily, Catarinicchia was ordained to the priesthood in 1949. He was appointed bishop of Cefalù in 1978, serving until 1987, when he became bishop of Mazara del Vallo. He retired in 2002.[1]
Catarinicchia died on 26 January 2024, at the age of 97.[2] [3]