José Gottardi Cristelli S.D.B. | |
Archbishop of Montevideo | |
See: | Montevideo |
Predecessor: | Carlos Parteli |
Successor: | Nicolás Cotugno |
Ordination: | 15 October 1950 |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1923 |
Birth Place: | Baselga di Pinè, |
Death Place: | Montevideo, |
Nationality: | an |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Montevideo |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo |
José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (21 September 1923, in Baselga di Pinè, Trentino – 7 March 2005, in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan cleric.
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.[1]