Angelo Rizzo

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Angelo Rizzo (11 April 1926, Montedoro, Province of Caltanissetta - 16 July 2009, Montedoro) was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ragusa, Sicily from 2 February 1974 until his retirement on 16 February 2002. He was succeeded as bishop by Paolo Urso.

Rizzo died on 16 July 2009 in his native Montedoro at the age of 83.


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