Salvatore Asta (17 January 1915 – 30 December 2004) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1940.
[1] On 13 October 1962, Pope John XXIII named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to Indochina.
[citation needed] On 23 March 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Internuncio to Iran.
[5] On 21 July 1984, Pope John Paul II named him Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.