Sotir Ferrara (5 December 1937 – 25 November 2017) was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy.[1]
Biography
Born in Piana degli Albanesi on 5 December 1937,[1] after studying in preparation for the priesthood on 19 November 1960, he was ordained priest.[1]
On 15 October 1988 he was elected by the Pope John Paul II to the bishopric of Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi.[2][1] He received episcopal consecration on 15 January 1989 by Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn.[1] He retired in April 2013 upon reaching the age limit of 75.
Bishop Ferrara died on 25 November 2017, at the age of 80.
Apostolic Succession
- OSBM Archbishop Andreas Alexander Szeptycki (Sheptytsky), OSBM
- Archbishop Ivan Bucko
- Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn
- Bishop Sotir Ferrara[1]
References
- 1.[1.2][1.3][1.4][1.5][1.6]Cheney, David M. "Bishop Sotìr Ferrara". Bishops. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- 2."Diocese of Piana degli Abanesi". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 27 December 2011.