| His Excellency, The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano, Ninth Bishop of Burlington |
| Birthdate: |
September 15th, 1946 - Providence, Rhode Island |
| Parents: |
Salvatore Matano - Mary H. Santaniello |
| Education: |
St. Ann Elementary School- Providence
LaSalle Academy - Providence
Our Lady of Providence Seminary - Warwick
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
Pontifical Gregorian University - Rome
Licentiate Degree Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) - 1972
Doctorate in Canon Law (J.C.D.) - 1983 |
| Ordination to the Priesthood: |
December 17th, 1971 - by James Cardinal Hickey in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. |
| Ordination to the Episcopacy: |
April 19th, 2005 St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Burlington, Vermont by Most Reverend Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio; Most Reverend Sean P. O’Malley, OFMCap, Archbishop of Boston; and Most Reverend Kenneth A. Angell, D.D., Bishop of Burlington. |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence (RI): |
Our Lady of Grace Parish - Johnston, R.I.
Assistant Pastor – (1972-1973)
Our Lady of Providence Seminary High School - Providence, R.I.
Faculty Member – (1972-1977)
Priests’ Personnel Office: Diocesan Director – (1977-1980)
(Residence: Our Lady of Providence Seminary)
Assistant Chancellor – (1978)
While Continuing as Diocesan Director, Priest Personel
Graduate Studies in Rome - (1980 – 1983)
Vicar for Administration/Co-Chancellor – (1983 – 1991)
Residence: St. Augustine Parish, Providence) |
| Apostolic Nunciature: |
Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio
Washington, D.C. (1991 - 1992) |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence (RI): |
Vicar General/Moderate of Curia (1992-1997)
Pastor - St. Sebastian Parish (1997-2000)
Special Lecturer - Providence College of the Dominican Fathers
Undergraduate and Graduate Departments of Theology (1995-2000)
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| Apostolic Nunciature: |
Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio
Washington, D.C. (January, 2000 - April, 2005) |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington (VT): |
Named Coadjutor Bishop by Pope John Paul II - March 3rd, 2005
Ordination to Episcopacy: April 19th, 2005
Installed as Ninth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington - November 9th, 2005 |
| Appointments/Elections: |
Board of Trustees, St. John’s Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts - 2005 |
| Honors: |
Outstanding Young Man of America Award -
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce -1978
Named as one of “84 Faces to Watch”
by the Providence Journal’s Rhode Islander magazine.
Prelate of Honor - by Pope John Paul II - 1985
Prothonotary Apostolic – 1993 |
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His Excellency
Salvatore R. Matano,
Ninth Bishop of Burlington
The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano’s motto is drawn from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, where he calls for all God’s people to live, work and worship together “In Unitatem Fidei” … “In the Unity of Faith:”
Unity in the Mystical Body
I plead with you, then, as a prisoner for the Lord, to live a life worthy of the calling you have received, with perfect humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another lovingly. Make every effort to preserve the unity which has the Spirit as its original and peace as its binding force. There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope given all of you by your call. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all, and works through all, and is in all.
Ephesians 4:1-4
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