Pasquale Macchi (9 November 1923 – 5 April 2006) was a

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archbishop and the private secretary to

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. Born in

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, Pasquale Macchi was ordained to the

priesthood on 15 June 1946. On 10 December 1988, he was appointed to the

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and was consecrated a bishop by Pope John Paul II on 6 January 1989. Archbishop Macchi retired on 7 October 1996.Archbishop Pasquale Macchi [Catholic-Hierarchy]
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