Ignazio Zuccaro (23 August 1839,

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

– 28 November 1913, Palermo) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and bishop. He was ordained a priest on 14 June 1862.

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Ap ...

appointed him the third bishop of Caltanissetta on 22 June 1896 and he was consecrated on 19 July that year by cardinal

Michelangelo Celesia Michelangelo Celesia, Subiaco Cassinese Congregation, O.S.B. Cas. (13 January 1814 – 14 April 1904) was an Italian Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monk who served as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo, Archbishop of Palermo from 187 ...

- he remained in that role until 1906, when he was instead made

titular archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

Archelais Archelaïs () was a town in the Roman province of Judaea/ Palaestina, corresponding to modern ''Khirbet el-Beiyudat'' (also spelled ''Khirbat al-Bayudat''). It was founded by Herod the Great's son Archelaus to house workers for his date plantati ...

, a role he held until his death. Mons

References

1839 births 1913 deaths Clergy from Palermo Bishops of Caltanissetta {{20C-Italy-RC-bishop-stub