Pasquale Cascio

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Pasquale Cascio
Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia
Archdiocese Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia
Appointed27 October 2012
Installed6 January 2013
Predecessor Francesco Alfano
Personal details
Born (1957-11-29) 29 November 1957 (age 65)
NationalityItalian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Motto Latin: In silentio and in spe fortitudo vestra
Ordination history of
Pasquale Cascio
History
Priestly ordination
Date23 July 1983
Place Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator Crescenzio Sepe
Co-consecrators Antonio Maria De Luca, Francesco Alfano
Date5 January 2013
Place Sanctuary of San Gerardo Maiella, Materdomini, Caposele, Avellino, Campania

Pasquale Cascio (born 29 November 1957) is an Italian ordinary of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.

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Biography

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Coat of arms of Pasquale Cascio

Pasquale Cascio was born on 29 November 1957 in Castelcivita, a comune in the Province of Salerno and the Italian region of Campania. He entered the Pius IX Seminary in Salerno and then attended the Almo Collegio Capranica in Rome. He subsequently studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He then received a Licentiate of Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute.

Cascio was ordained a priest on 23 July 1983 in the Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro. From 1984 to 2012, he served as a priest in the parish of St. John the Baptist in the hamlet of Terranova in Sicignano degli Alburni and from 1988 to 2007, he taught at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in Teggiano. At various points, Cascio additionally served as vicar for the Alburni area, professor of sacred scripture at the Theological Institute of Basilicata in Potenza, a teacher of sacred scripture at the John Paul II Metropolitan Seminary in Salerno and at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences in Vallo della Lucania, a member of the diocesan presbyterial council and college of consultors, and the director of the diocesan technical office. [1]

Cascio was appointed the Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia on 27 October 2012. On 5 January 2013, he was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe (Archbishop of Naples) and co-consecrators Antonio Maria De Luca (Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro) and Francesco Alfano (Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammarre di Stabia) in the Sanctuary of San Gerardo Maiella in Materdomini, a hamlet of Caposele in the Province of Avellino and region of Campania. He officially took possession of the archdiocese of 6 January. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Don Pasquale Cascio Arcivescovo di S. Angelo dei Lombardi" [Don Pasquale Cascio Archbishop of S. Angelo dei Lombardi]. Irpinia News (in Italian). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. "Il Papa nomina don Pasquale Cascio arcivescovo di Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi" [The Pope appoints Don Pasquale Cascio archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi]. Corriere del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. "Don Pasquale Cascio è il nuovo vescovo di Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi" [Don Pasquale Cascio is the new bishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi]. Corriere Dell'Irpinia (in Italian). 27 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia
2013-present
Incumbent