Category:Italian American Studies (Catholic Church)

Italian American Studies (Catholicism)

Major Events of the Catholic Church in the United States

1875 - John McCloskey of New York became the first American cardinal.

1893 - The Apostolic Delegation to the United States was established on January 24, 1893, with offices in Washington, D.C.

1937 - Inauguration of the building of the Apostolic Nunciature to the United States in Washington, D.C.

1984 - Diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the Vatican were established on January 10, 1984

Apostolic Nuncios

[Delegates] : Francesco Satolli (1893–1896) -- Sebastiano Martinelli (1896–1902) -- Diomede Falconio (1902-1911) -- Giovanni Bonzano (1912-1922) -- Pietro Fumasoni Biondi (1922-1933) -- Amleto Giovanni Cicognani (1933-1959) -- Egidio Vagnozzi (1958-1968) -- Luigi Raimondi (1967-1973) -- <Jean Jadot (1973-1980)> -- Pio Laghi (1980-1984) -- [Nuncios] : Pio Laghi (1984-1990) -- Agostino Cacciavillan (1990-1998) -- <Gabriel Montalvo Higuera (1998-2005)> -- Pietro Sambi (2005-2011) -- Carlo Maria Viganò (2011-2016) -- <Christophe Pierre (2016–present)>

Bishops and Cardinals

Italian American Bishops have historically been under-represented in the hierarchy of the United States Catholic Church, until the end of the 20th century.

[Italian-born] : Joseph Rosati (St. Louis, 1827-1843) -- Ignatius Persico (Savannah, 1870-1872) -- Joseph Maria Pernicone (New York auxiliary, 1954-1978) -- Italo Dell'Oro (Italian-born)

[American-born] : Charles Pasquale Greco (Alexandria LA, 1946-1973) -- Celestine Damiano (Camden NJ, 1960-1967) -- Lawrence Michael De Falco (Amarillo, 1963-1979) -- Pius Anthony Benincasa (Buffalo NY, 1964-1986) -- Joseph Bernard Brunini (Jackson MS, 1967-1984) -- Francis Mugavero (Brooklyn, 1968-1990) -- Anthony G. Bosco (aux. Pittsburgh, 1970-1987; Greensburg, 1987-2004) -- Card. Joseph Bernardin (Cincinnati, 1972-1982; Chicago, 1982-1996) -- Anthony Francis Mestice (aux. New York, 1973-2001) -- Anthony Pilla (aux. Cleveland, 1979-1981; Cleveland, 1981-2006) -- Card. Anthony Bevilacqua (Pittsburgh PA, 1983-88; Philadelphia PA, 1988-2003) -- Francis Xavier DiLorenzo (aux. Scranton, 1988-1994; Honolulu, 1994-2004; Richmond, 2004-2017) -- Card. Justin Rigali (St. Louis, 1994-2003; Philadelphia, 2003-2011) -- Card. Daniel DiNardo (Sioux City, 1998-2004; Galveston-Houston, 2004-).

Joseph Arthur Costello -- *John Clement Favalora (1935) -- Joseph John Ruocco -- Dominic Anthony Marconi -- Joseph Anthony Ferrario -- Thomas Joseph Costello -- Peter A. Rosazza -- *Joseph Fiorenza (1931-2022) ! -- Benedict Charles Franzetta (1921-2006) ? -- Louis A. DeSimone -- Nicholas C. Dattilo -- Michael Angelo Saltarelli -- *Joseph Anthony Galante ! -- *Ignatius Anthony Catanello ! -- *Robert J. Lombardo ! (1957) First Italian American at Chicago -- Gerardo Joseph Colacicco ! (1955) -- *Timothy Broglio

Parishes & Churches

[Parishes] : St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (Philadelphia, 1852) -- St. Anthony of Padua (New York, 1866)

''Churches'' : St. Joachim (New York, 1888-1967)

Presidents of Santa Clara University (1851-)

John Nobili (1851–1856) -- Nicholas Congiato (1856–1857) -- Felix Cicaterri (1857–1861) -- Burchard Villiger (1861–1865) -- Aloysius Masnata (1865–1868) -- Aloysius Varsi (1868–1876) -- Aloysius Brunengo (1876–1880) -- John Pinasco (1880–1883) -- Robert E. Kenna (1883–1888) -- John Pinasco (1888–1893) -- Joseph W. Riordan (1893–1899) -- Robert E. Kenna (1899–1905) -- Richard A. Gleeson (1905–1910) -- James P. Morrissey (1910–1913) -- Walter F. Thornton (1913–1918) -- Timothy L. Murphy (1918–1921) -- Zacheus J. Maher (1921–1926) -- Cornelius J. McCoy (1926–1932) -- James J. Lyons (1932–1935) -- Louis C. Rudolph (1935–1940) -- Charles J. Walsh (1940–1945) -- William C. Gianera (1945–1951) -- Herman J. Hauck (1951–1958) -- Patrick A. Donahoe (1958–1968) -- Thomas D. Terry (1968–1976) -- William J. Rewak (1976–1988) -- Paul Leo Locatelli (1988–2008) -- Michael E. Engh (2009–2019) -- Kevin O'Brien (2019–2021) -- Lisa Kloppenberg (2021-)

Presidents of the University of San Francisco (1855-)

Anthony Maraschi (1855–1862) -- Nicholas Congiato (1862–1865) -- Burchard Villiger (1865–1866) -- Nicholas Congiato (1866–1869) -- Joseph Bayma (1869–1873) -- Aloysius Masnata (1873–1876) -- John Pinasco (1876–1880) -- Robert E. Kenna (1880–1883) -- Joseph Sasia (1883–1887) -- Henry Imoda (1887–1893) -- Henry Allen (1893–1896) -- John Frieden (1896–1908) -- Joseph Sasia (1908–1911) -- Albert Trivelli (1911–1915) -- Patrick Foote (1915–1919) -- Pius Moore (1919–1925) -- Edward Whelan (1925–1932) -- William Lonegran (1932–1934) -- Harold Ring (1932–1938) -- William Dunne (1938–1954) -- John Connolly (1954–1963) -- Charles Dullea (1963–1969) -- Albert R. Jonsen (1969–1972) -- William C. McInnes (1973–1977) -- John Lo Schiavo (1977–1991) -- John P. Schlegel (1991–2000) -- Stephen Privett (2000–2014) -- Paul J. Fitzgerald (2014– )

Other Institutes of Higher Education

Jesuit priests founded numerous secondary schools and 28 colleges and universities, such as Georgetown University (1789), St. Louis University (1818), Boston College, the College of Holy Cross, the University of Santa Clara, and several Loyola Colleges.