Domenico Tarcisio Cortese
Domenico Tarcisio Cortese OFM (born February 7, 1931 in San Giovanni in Fiore , Province of Cosenza ; † November 11, 2011 in Rome ) was an Italian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea .
Life
Domenico Tarcisio Cortese joined the order of the Franciscans in Assisi (San Francesco d'Assisi) and made profession in 1952 . After his ordination on May 23, 1954, he completed a degree in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University . From 1968 to 1977 he was Provincial of the Franciscans in Calabria and from 1977 to 1979 Superior of the Convent of S. Francesco di Paola a Cosenza.
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea on June 15, 1979. He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria and Bishop of Bova , Aureliano Sorrentino , on September 8, 1979 in the Cathedral of Mileto; Co- consecrators were Enea Selis , Archbishop of Cosenza e Bisignano , and Armando Fares , Archbishop of Catanzaro and Bishop of Squillace . With the union of the dioceses of Mileto and Nicotera-Tropea, he became the first bishop on September 30, 1986. For many years he was Vice President of the Calabrian Bishops' Conference .
On June 28, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related resignation. Bishop Cortese died of a heart attack in the house of the Salesian Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SOSC) in Rome, where he lived, and was buried in the Cathedral of Mileto.
Web links
- Entry on Domenico Tarcisio Cortese on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Obituary ( memento of November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Domani 13 nella Chiesa Cattedrale di Mileto i funerali di Sua Eccellenza Rev. ma Mons. DOMENICO TARCISIO CORTESE OFM , November 12, 2011
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Mileto-Nicotera-Tropea 1986-2007 |
Luigi Renzo |
| Vincenzo De Chiara |
Bishop of Mileto 1979–1986 |
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| Vincenzo De Chiara |
Bishop of Nicotera-Tropea 1979–1986 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cortese, Domenico Tarcisio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bishop emeritus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Giovanni in Fiore |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 2011 |
| Place of death | Rome |