Antonio Cavoli

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Antonio Cavoli, SDB
founder of the Congregation
A group of sisters with their founder

Antonio Cavoli SDB (born March 1, 1888 in San Giovanni in Marignano , Rimini , † November 22, 1972 in Japan ) was an Italian Salesian of Don Bosco , missionary and founder of the order .

After he had finished his philosophical and theological training, he was ordained a priest. During the World War he served as a military chaplain from 1915 to 1919 . After he had made his perpetual profession as the Salesian of Don Bosco on January 11, 1925 in Perugia , he was part of the first Salesian mission expedition to Japan in 1926 under the direction of his friend Vincenzo Cimatti . In 1928 he became the parish superior of the Miyazaki Mission and established a Saint Vincentian Conference for women to attend the poor and the sick. In December 1932, he began building a hospice for the elderly and orphans with his own missionary and charity activities.

On August 15, 1937, on Cimatti's recommendation and with his support, he founded the Order of the Sisters of Charity in Miyazaki . On August 8, 1938, Cimatti confirmed the establishment as an institute of diocesan law. The first two sisters made profession on January 31, 1939. Despite the difficulties during the war between Japan and the United States (1941–1945), Cavoli rebuilt the congregation with the remaining 18 sisters and 5 novices after the war. The first branch offices in Osaka and Tokyo were established as early as 1946 . In 1948 the rules of the order , written by Cavoli, were approved . In 1956 a group of sisters went to Korea, and from the 1960s there were also branches in Latin America. In accordance with Cavoli's express wish, the Congregation eventually went to Europe.

In 1962 he received the " Order of the Holy Treasure " from Emperor Hirohito .

Publications

  • Dall'Italia al Giappone: autobiografia di un missionario. Autobiography. Garattoni, 1959.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angelo Del Vecchio: Dalle scuole professionali di strada alla moderna scuola salesiana. 2014, p. 35
personal data
SURNAME Cavoli, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cavoli, Antonio SDB
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian chaplain, missionary and founder of the order
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH San Giovanni in Marignano , Rimini
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1972
Place of death Japan