Category:Italian American Studies (Catholic Church)

Italian American Studies (Catholicism)

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) -- Pius Anthony Benincasa (Buffalo NY, 1964-1986) -- Francis Mugavero (Brooklyn, 1968-1990) -- Card. Joseph Bernardin (Cincinnati, 1972-1982; Chicago, 1982-1996) -- Card. Anthony Bevilacqua (Pittsburgh PA, 1983-88; Philadelphia PA, 1988-2003) -- Card. Justin Rigali (St. Louis, 1994-2003; Philadelphia, 2003-2011) -- Card. Daniel DiNardo (Sioux City, 1998-2004; Galveston-Houston, 2004-).

Joseph Bernard Brunini -- Joseph Arthur Costello -- Lawrence Michael De Falco -- *Anthony Francis Mestice (1923-2011) -- *Francis X. DiLorenzo (1942) -- *John Clement Favalora (1935) -- *Anthony Pilla (1932-2021) -- *Anthony G. Bosco ! (1927-2013) -- 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) Frst Italian American at Chicago -- Gerardo Joseph Colacicco ! (1955) -- *Timothy Broglio

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.