Antonio Santin

Antonio Santin, (9 December 1895 – 17 March 1981) was an Italian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Fiume (Italy) (10.08.1933 – 16.05.1938), Bishop of Capodistria/Koper (first Italy, then Yugoslavia) (16.05.1938 – 28.06.1975), Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (16.05.1938 – 28.06.1975), and was created Archbishop ad personam (13.07.1963 – death 17.03.1981).

Biography Santin was born on 9 December 1895, in Rovinj, Austria-Hungary, ), which he considered an abuse. Santin later stated that he "attempted to make both the [local] clergy and the people understand that we couldn't go on with the quarrels that had upset the spirit and the peace of the sacre funzioni, and that adapting liturgically to Latin was obeying to the Church."

He remained bishop of Trieste for a long time, until 1975. He died on 17 March 1981, aged 85, in Trieste.