Oscar Rizzato
Italian Catholic Archbishop

Oscar Rizzato (28 February 1928 – 11 January 2021) was an Italian Catholic titular bishop.

Biography

Rizzato was born in San Giorgio delle Pertiche, Italy and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He was created titular bishop of Virunum and served as Papal Almoner to the Pope.[1][2]

He died of complications from COVID-19 at Padua hospital on 11 January 2021, at age 91, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[3] The funeral was celebrated by Bishop Claudio Cipolla on 16 January in the parish church of Arsego.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Oscar Rizzato
  2. ^ "Deadly week sees at least 10 bishops die from COVID-19". 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Falleció Oscar Rizzato, limosnero de dos Papas - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Spanish). 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  4. ^ smelchiori (2021-01-13). "S. E. Mons. Oscar Rizzato è nella pace, tra le braccia del Padre". Chiesa di Padova (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-14.


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