Vincent M. Rizzotto

Vincent Michael Rizzotto (September 9, 1931 – January 17, 2021) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[2] After his ordination, Rizzotto went to Washington, D.C. to study at the Catholic University of America, obtaining a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1963.

[1] Rizzotto was appointed pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Houston in 1972, serving there for the next ten years.

Rizzotto left St. Francis in 1982 to become pastor of St. Cecilia Parish in Hedwig Village, Texas, remaining there until 2002.

"[1][2] Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Rizzotto sent his letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Galvaston-Houston to Pope Benedict XVI.