Angelo Bartolomasi
Angelo Bartolomasi (born May 30, 1869 in Pianezza , Piedmont , † February 28, 1959 ) was Italian military archbishop from 1929 to 1944 .
Life
Angelo Bartolomasi was ordained priest on June 12, 1892 in Turin .
On November 24, 1910 he was appointed titular bishop of Derbe and auxiliary bishop in Turin. He was ordained bishop on January 15, 1911, by the Archbishop of Turin , Cardinal Agostino Richelmy ; Co- consecrators were Luigi Spandre , Bishop of Asti , and Costanzo Castrale , Auxiliary Bishop in Turin. On December 15, 1919 Bartolomasi was appointed Bishop of Triest-Koper ( Trieste-Capodistria ). During his tenure, Bartolomasi defended the rights of the Slavic minorities in particular and encountered resistance from the Yulo-Venetian fascists and the irredentists , who supported the suppression of the Slavic population and sought a national consensus within the Italian population. Due to increasing political pressure, he resigned on December 11, 1922 from the office of Bishop of Trieste-Capodistria and took over the diocese of Pinerolo in Piedmont .
On April 23, 1929 Bartolomasi was from Pope Pius XI. at the same time appointed titular archbishop of Petra in Palestine as the first archbishop of the Italian armed forces and confirmed by the Italian government. In 1944 he retired.
Bartolomasi died on February 28, 1959. He was buried in the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in his hometown of Pianezza .
Web links
- Entry on Angelo Bartolomasi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 12, 2019.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Military Archbishop of Italy 1929–1944 |
Carlo Alberto Ferrero di Cavallerleone |
| Giovanni Battista Rossi |
Bishop of Pinerolo 1922–1929 |
Gaudenzio Binaschi |
| Andrei Karlin |
Bishop of Trieste-Koper 1919–1922 |
Luigi Fogar |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartolomasi, Angelo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pianezza , Piedmont |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1959 |