Giuseppe Malandrino

After his studies in preparation for the priesthood in Rome, Malandrino was ordained a priest on 19 March 1955 by Bishop Angelo Calabretta, Bishop of Noto.^[1]

On 30 November 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed Malandrino Bishop of Acireale.^[2]

Malandrino received episcopal ordination on 26 January 1980 in Modica from Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo, co-consecrators Bishop Salvatore Nicolosi, Bishop of Noto, and Archbishop Calogero Lauricella, Archbishop of Syracuse; he took canonical possession of the diocese on the following 24 February.^[3]

In 1987 Malandrino established the Central Diocesan Library in Acireale into which the funds of the Seminary Library, the former "Mons. Salvatore Russo" library, the "S. Agostino" Institute of Religious Sciences, the library of the Città del Fanciullo and various book collections flowed.^[4]

On 16 July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Malandrino's resignation for reasons of age, at the same time appointing him apostolic administrator of the diocese, a position he held until the following 6 October when his successor Mariano Crociata took possession of the diocese.

Malandrino died on 3 August 2025, aged 94.^[5]

• Bishop Giuseppe Malandrino † at Catholic Hierarchy