Miglietta would recount that on the day he was to be appointed Archbishop of Conza-Sant ' Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia , Pope Paul VI died . Therefore , his appointment had to be postponed until the election of Pope John Paul I , who was then unable to sign the appointment due to his sudden death . Finally , on 18 November 1978 , Pope John Paul II appointed him to the archbishopric . Shortly after being made archbishop , Miglietta suffered a heart attack , which was followed by the devastating Irpinia earthquake of 1980 . His time as archbishop involved ministering to the victims of the earthquake
Irpinia earthquake of 1980
1980 Irpinia earthquake
Mario Miglietta