Sergio Pintor (16 November 1937 – 26 December 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri. Msgr Pintor had previously served as director of the

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's office for the pastoral outreach in health care, during the presidency of Cardinal Ruini. After attending the gymnasium at the seminar of the Archbishop of Oristano and the high school and theology at the Regional Seminar of Cuglieri, on 9 July 1961 he was ordained a

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for the Diocese of Oristano. In 1969, he graduated in Pastoral Theology from the

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. In the diocese he was assistant pastor of the Cathedral of Oristano (his parish of origin) and diocesan assistant of young men of

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, and subsequently he served as spiritual director of the seminary Archbishop of Oristano. From 1970 to 1995 he collaborated with the National Catechetical Office of the CEI for the preparation of new catechisms and for the formation of catechists. On 24 September 1985 he was appointed an honorary prelate of His Holiness. This has been as a consultant to the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers. On 29 September 2006, just before his 69th birthday, Pintor was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Ozieri. Some have noted that is unusually old to receive an episcopal assignment. On 8 December of the same year he received the

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by the then apostolic nuncio in Italy

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. In November 2012, Bishop Pintor submitted his resignation to

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, via the

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, having reached 75. His resignation was accepted on 10 December 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pintor, Sergio 1937 births 2020 deaths People from Oristano Pontifical Lateran University alumni 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops