Anthony Francis Mestice
Anthony Francis Mestice (born December 6, 1923 in Bronx , New York City , † April 30, 2011 in Manhattan , New York City) was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in New York .
Life
Anthony Francis Mestice studied at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers and was ordained a priest on June 4, 1949 by Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman . He was first active in pastoral care in the parish of St. Antonius in Wakefield, from 1969 in the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Poughkeepsie, then in St. Dominic in the New York borough of Bronx.
Pope Paul VI appointed him on March 5, 1973 titular bishop of Villa Nova and auxiliary bishop in New York. The Archbishop of New York Terence James Cardinal Cooke donated him episcopal ordination on April 27, 1973 ; Co-consecrators were John Joseph Maguire , Coadjutor Archbishop of New York, and Joseph Maria Pernicone , Auxiliary Bishop of New York.
He was involved in numerous supervisory bodies in the Archdiocese of New York. He founded the Dutchess County's Health and Social Affairs Commission . From 1973 to 1985 he was Episcopal Vicar for vocational pastoral care in the Archdiocese of New York. From 1980 to 1983 he chaired the Vocations Committee of the United States Bishops' Conference . He taught at Manhattan College . He was awarded an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Marist College in Poughkeepsie NY .
On October 30, 2001, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Anthony Francis Mestice" , The New York Times , May 3, 2011
- ↑ "Hands-on local bishop dies at 87" ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Poughkeepsie Journal, May 3, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mestice, Anthony Francis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mestice, Anthony F. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theologian and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in New York |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 2011 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York City |