Salvatore Siino

Salvatore Siino (5 October 1904 – 8 October 1963) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1953 and served as Apostolic Nuncio in the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

Biography

Salvatore Siino was born on 5 October 1904 in Capaci, Italy. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Monreale on 5 April 1930.

His early assignments in the diplomatic service

On 27 October 1953, Pope Pius XII appointed him titular archbishop of Perge and Apostolic Nuncio to the Dominican Republic.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 29 November 1953 from Cardinal Clemente Micara. He aligned himself with the authoritarian regime there, becoming "one of Trujillo's most active flatterers and effusive supporters".[2] His reassignment in 1959 signaled a shift in the Church's politics in Latin America.[2]

On 14 March 1959, Pope John XXIII named him Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines.[3]

He died in Rome of a heart attack on 8 October 1963 at the age of 59 while waiting with a group of diplomats for a meeting with Pope Paul VI.[4][5]

References
  1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XLV. 1953. pp. 760, 822. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. Wipfler, William (2001). "The Church and the State in the Dominican Republic (1930–1960)". In Lampe, Armando (ed.). Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History. University of the West Indies Press. pp. 213–14. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LI. 1959. p. 438. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. "Archbishop Siino Falls Dead Awaiting Audience With Pope". New York Times. 9 October 1963. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LV. 1963. p. 904. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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