Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza
Felice Ambrogio Guerra Fezza SDB (born December 7, 1866 in Volpedo , † January 10, 1957 in Gaeta ) was an Italian religious , missionary and Roman Catholic archbishop .
Life
In 1880 Guerra Fezza entered the Salesian College of Lanzo Torinese for his humanistic training . He received his rhetorical and philosophical training in the seminary in Tortona . In 1886 he went to the Novitiate of the Salesians of Don Bosco in San Benigno and made his first vows the following year . A little later he went with a few comrades on the mission to Uruguay and was sent to the college Pío de Villa Colón near Montevideo .
After completing his philosophical and theological studies he received on March 25 or April 2, 1890 by the Archbishop of Buenos Aires , León Federico Aneiros , the ordination . He held his primary mass on April 6th in Montevideo.
Within the religious order he became director of the college for higher studies in Bahía Blanca , where he taught dogmatics and canon law . In 1908 he was given the task of auditor of the apostolic delegation in Central America and he went to Cuba to do so .
On May 26, 1915 he was by Pope Benedict XV. appointed Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Cuba , associated with the titular diocese of Hamatha . On August 2 of the same year, the Archbishop of San Salvador , Antonio Adolfo Pérez y Aguilar , ordained him episcopal ; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of San Miguel , Juan Antonio Dueñas y Argumedo , and the Bishop of Santa Ana , Giacomo Richardo Vilanova y Meléndez .
On April 17, 1916, Pope Benedict XV appointed him. to the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba . The inauguration took place on June 18 of the same year.
On December 16, 1924, Guerra Fezza left for Rome . Pope Pius XI accepted his resignation on January 16, 1925 and at the same time appointed him titular archbishop of Verissa .
He stayed in Italy and died there in the Salesian Institute of Gaeta.
Web links
- Entry on Felix Ambrosio Guerra on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- Salvador Miranda : Guerra Fezza, SDB, Felice Ambrogio. In: Episcopologio de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba. fiu.edu , Florida International University website (Spanish).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco de Paula Barnada y Aguilar |
Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba 1915–1925 |
Valentín (Manuel) Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guerra Fezza, Felice Ambrogio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guerra Fezza, Felice Ambrogio SDB |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian religious, missionary and Roman Catholic archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Volpedo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1957 |
| Place of death | Gaeta |