Renato Ziggiotti (9 October 1892 – 19 April 1983) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, who was the fifth Rector Major of that order, serving between 1952 and 1965.
In April 1919 he terminated in the army with the grade of Captain[2] and returned to Padua to continue priestly studies, to be ordained on 8 December 1920.
During World War II Ziggiotti led the services of relief at Turin, a city that was an especial object of bombings, that put at risk the works of Don Bosco.
As Superior, he committed himself to visit all Salesian communities around the world, in a time when international travel was more limited and Europe was devastated by the war.
In 1955 he visited Egypt], Jordan, Syria, Iran, Libyan, India, Myanmar, [Thailand, [Hong Kong], Macao, Philippines, Japan, Australia, United States and Canada.
In 1962 Pope John XXIII established the Pontifical Salesian Ateneo and opened the Second Vatican Council that Ziggiotti attended in its three first sessions.