Antioco Piseddu
Italian Roman Catholic bishop (1936–2025)
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Antioco Piseddu (17 September 1936 – 8 June 2025) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop.
His Excellency Antioco Piseddu | |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Lanusei | |
| Archdiocese | Cagliari |
| Diocese | Lanusei |
| Appointed | 29 September 1981 |
| Term ended | 31 January 2014 |
| Predecessor | Salvatore Delogu |
| Successor | Antonio Mura |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 June 1960 by Paolo Botto |
| Consecration | 8 November 1981 by Sebastiano Baggio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 September 1936 |
| Died | 8 June 2025 (aged 88) Cagliari, Italy |
| Motto | In simplicate cordis |
| Coat of arms | |
| Styles of Antioco Piseddu | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Biography
Piseddu was born in Senorbì on 17 September 1936, and was ordained a priest by Archbishop Paolo Botto for the archdiocese of Cagliari on 29 June 1960.[1][2]
He was one of the bishops who celebrated the Tridentine Mass after the liturgical reform: on Sunday, 13 September 2021, a prelatic Mass and Sunday, 20 June 2021, a pontifical Mass at the faldistorium, both preceded by the administration of the sacrament of confirmation, in the personal parish of Santa Croce in Cagliari.[3][4]
Piseddu died after a short illness in Cagliari, on 8 June 2025, at the age of 88.[5][6]
