Salvatore Ronald Matano

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Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

Salvatore Ronald Matano (born September 15, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who currently serves as Bishop of Burlington.

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Salvatore Matano was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Salvatore and Mary (née Santaniello) Matano. After attending La Salle Academy and Our Lady of Providence Seminary College, from where he obtained his bachelor's degree in philosophy, he was ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal Hickey on December 17, 1971, in St. Peter's Basilica. From the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Matano earned his Licentiate of Sacred Theology (1972) and Doctorate in Canon Law (1983).

He served as assistant pastor in Johnston (1972-1973) and a professor at his alma mater of Our Lady of Providence Seminary College (1972-1977) before becoming Diocesan Director of Priests' Personnel in 1977. Matano also assumed the position of Diocesan Assistant Chancellor in 1980, and then pursued his graduate studies in Rome until 1983. Upon his return, he served as Vicar for Administration and Co-Chancellor until 1991, when he was made secretary to the American nuncio, Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan.

Matano was Providence's Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia from 1992 to 1997, when he returned to pastoral work, serving as a parish priest until 2000. From 1995 and 2000, he served as a Special Lecturer in the Undergraduate and Graduate Departments of Theology at Providence College. In January 2000, Matano returned to his service in the American nunciature as secretary to the Nuncio, then Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera. He was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in 1985 and Protonotary Apostolic in 1993.