Salvatore di Pietro, S.J., (15 June 1830 – 23 August 1898) was an Italian Bishop in the Catholic Church. He served as the first Vicar Apostolic of Belize from 1893-1898. He is widely regarded as the most important figure in consolidating the Catholic presence in Belize in the second half of the 19th century. “Much of the progress in the mission, both spiritual and temporal, was due to Father di Pietro." And, "from the establishment of the Catholic Church in Belize in 1851 to the close of the 19th century, its missionaries laboured under circumstances often requiring heroic self-sacrifice. During this period Jesuit Fr. Salvatore di Pietro was the dominant Catholic figure.”
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