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Antonio Bello was born on 18 March, 1935 in Alessano, Lecce, Kingdom of Italy, is an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. Discover Antonio Bello's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 18 March 1935
Birthday 18 March
Birthplace Alessano, Lecce, Kingdom of Italy
Date of death 20 April, 1993
Died Place Molfetta, Bari, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1934

His parents married on 8 March 1934.

His two brothers (in order) were Trifone and Marcello.

His mother was later hired after she became a widow in Lucugnano in manufacturing tobacco products.

His uncle Antonuccio encouraged Bello to keep a journal to record his thoughts and was an influence on him as were his uncles Totò and Pippi.

His aunts Flora and Maria in addition to Elvira and Assunta were also formative influences on him during his childhood.

1935

Antonio Bello (18 March 1935 – 20 April 1993) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi from 1982 until his death from cancer in 1993.

Bello studied in various colleges and seminaries in places such as Bologna and Rome before being named to several positions in his region where he served as a priest.

He was later made a bishop and became known for his eloquent teaching and for his pastoral sensitivities while being noted for his emphasis on greater diocesan participation on the part of the faithful.

Bello also was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and was a vocal critic of international conflicts such as the Gulf War.

Bello's beatification cause opened over a decade after his death and he became titled as a Servant of God.

Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 25 November 2021.

Antonio Bello was born in Alessano, Province of Lecce on 18 March 1935 at 12:10am on Via Scipione Sangiovanni as the first of three children to the Carabinieri marshal Tommaso Bello, who died on 29 January 1942, and the housewife Maria Imperato; he was baptized in the church of SS. Salvatore in Alessano on 15 April and received Confirmation in the same church on 8 June 1941.

1942

His father – who died in 1942 from a heart attack – had been a widower with two children Giacinto and Vittorio who both died during World War II.

1944

Giacinto died of a heart attack in Milan on 3 October 1944 and Vittorio died on 9 September 1943 on board the sinking battleship Roma.

1950

He attended school first in his hometown from 1940 to 1945 and then entered the seminaries in Ugento (1940–1948) and Molfetta from 1950 to 1953 at the Pontifico Seminario Regionale Pio XI (he applied for admission to do his high school studies on 13 August 1950).

1953

He later attended the Opera Nazionale Assistenza Religiosa e Morale degli Operai for additional studies from September 1953 in Bologna.

From 1953 until 1957, he attended a series of theological courses at the Pontifico Seminario Regionale Benedetto XV there in Bologna.

1955

On 30 November 1955, he received the minor orders (from Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro) and he later was inducted into the subdiaconate on 22 December 1957 (this timeline cannot be correct).

1957

Bello was later elevated to the diaconate (also from Lercaro) on 7 July 1957.

Bello received his ordination to the priesthood on 8 December 1957, from Bishop Giuseppe Ruotolo in the church of SS. Salvatore in Alessano.

1958

On 1 November 1958 he was appointed as the vice-rector for seminarians in Ugento and later on 26 June 1959, obtained a licentiate in sacred theological studies from the Facoltà teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale and another licentiate in Bologna on 4 November.

1962

He enrolled in a philosophical course and a literature course in the college in Lecce on 30 April 1962.

Bello later attended the Pontifical Lateran in Rome from 20 October 1962 until 3 July 1965 (accepting Bishop Ruotolo's invitation to do so) when he obtained his degree.

1965

On 3 March 1965, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled "The Eucharistic Congresses and their theological and pastoral significance".

1968

On 7 March 1968 he became a Monsignor after being named as a Chaplain of His Holiness.

1969

From 1969, he served as an assistant to the Catholic Action organization.

1976

On 30 September 1976 he was promoted as rector in Ugento.

1977

On 1 October 1977, he was named as the administrator for the Sacred Heart parish in Ugento before being appointed as a parish priest in Tricase on 1 January 1979 which was a position he held until his episcopal nomination.

In this time he collaborated with the Caritas Internationalis organization.

1982

In 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Bishop of Molfetta and the Bishop of Ruvo.

He received his episcopal consecration on 30 October 1982 and he assumed the name "Tonino" after his consecration.

The co-consecrators were Aldo Garzia and Mario Miglietta.

In 1982, after his appointment he travelled to Rome and met the President Sandro Pertini who was impressed with the new bishop.

In response Bello gave Pertini his pectoral cross.

Bello was enthroned in Molfetta on 21 November 1982 but was enthroned in Giovinazzo on 28 November before two more installations in Terlizzi (5 December) and Ruvo (8 December).

1985

In 1985, he established a center to treat drug addiction.

Bello also made a visit to Australia as well as to the Latin American countries Argentina and Venezuela to visit immigrants from his diocese.

He was selected as the President for Pax Christi in 1985 and held that position until his death; the president of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestrero appointed him to that post to succeed Bishop Luigi Bettazzi.

Bello was also an outspoken critic of the Gulf War and other international conflicts.

1986

The unification of his dioceses saw him retained as its bishop on 30 September 1986.