Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio

Titular Archbishop of Truentum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Aug 1943		Born
27 Dec 1969	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oristano, Italy
3 Aug 1999	55.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Truentum
3 Aug 1999	55.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Republic of
3 Aug 1999	55.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Gabon
16 Oct 1999	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Truentum
31 Jul 2004	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire
31 Jul 2004	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
8 Sep 2004	61.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger
12 Jun 2007	63.7	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso
12 Jun 2007	63.7	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger
14 Feb 2008	64.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia
10 Mar 2012	68.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa
10 Mar 2012	68.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana
10 Mar 2012	68.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia
10 Mar 2012	68.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland
17 Mar 2012	68.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho
22 May 2015	71.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
Dec 2016²	73.2	Retired	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
19 Aug 2017	73.9	Died	Apostolic Nuncio

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Mario Roberto Cassari
(WikiData: Q176931)
Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari (born 27 Aug 1943, died 19 Aug 2017) Apostolic Nuncio

Event Place
Birth Place Ghilarza, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Ordained Priest Ghilarza, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Ordained Bishop Beata Maria Vergine Assunta, Cathedral, Oristano, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Death Place Donigala Fenughedu, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Cemetery, Ghilarza, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy

a priest for 47.6 years
a bishop for 17.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Giovanni Melis Fois †
Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pier Giuliano Tiddia
Archbishop of Oristano
Bishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.
Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene (2000)
Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouankehan (2000)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Nikola Nino Kekić (2009)
Bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak (2010)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ghilarza, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Ordained Priest	Ghilarza, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Beata Maria Vergine Assunta, Cathedral, Oristano, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Death Place	Donigala Fenughedu, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Cemetery, Ghilarza, Archdiocese of Oristano, Italy

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 157, Number 13,640
ab: Bollettino, 10 Mar 2012
ab: Bollettino, 17 Mar 2012
ab: Bollettino, 22 May 2015
r: CB, 4 Apr 2017
d: CB, 19 Aug 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)
c1/loc: AM, 25 Jan 2021
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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