Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Nicolás Domingo Cotugno Fanizzi | |
Honorific-Suffix: | S.D.B. |
Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo | |
Church: | Roman Catholic |
Archdiocese: | Montevideo |
See: | Montevideo |
Appointed: | 4 December 1998 |
Term End: | 11 February 2014 |
Predecessor: | José Gottardi |
Successor: | Daniel Sturla |
Ordination: | 26 July 1967 |
Consecration: | 28 Jul 1996 |
Consecrated By: | Francesco De Nittis |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1938 |
Birth Place: | Sesto San Giovanni, |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Montevideo |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Melo |
Nicolás Domingo Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. (born 21 September 1938 in Sesto San Giovanni, Province of Milan) is an Italian-Uruguayan Roman Catholic priest.
He was the Archbishop of Montevideo from 4 December 1998 till 11 February 2014. Previously he served as Bishop of Melo.
In September 2013 he tendered his resignation to Pope Francis, due to age reasons.[1] He was succeeded by the former Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo, Daniel Sturla.[2]