Francesco Fasola
Francesco Fasola (born February 23, 1898 in Maggiora , Province of Novara , Italy , † July 1, 1988 in Novara ) was Archbishop of Messina .
Life
Fasola, from a simple Piedmontese family, spent most of his childhood in the United States . When he returned to Italy, he was encouraged by his teacher Silvio Gallotti. Fasola was ordained a priest on June 26, 1921 . He then worked for several years in Moscow , where he wanted to win young people over to the Catholic faith. In 1927 he returned to the Diocese of Novara and got involved in Catholic action . In 1942 he became rector of the Sacro Monte di Varallo shrine . In 1946 Fasola was finally appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Novara.
Pope Pius XII appointed him on March 8, 1954 titular bishop of Vartana and coadjutor bishop of Agrigento . He was ordained episcopate on May 2nd of the same year by Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni , Bishop of Novara. Co- consecrators were Giovanni Battista Peruzzo , Bishop of Agrigento, and Guido Tonetti , Coadjutor Archbishop of Messina. Fasola took over most of the official business in the following years, for example, undertook pastoral trips in Peruzzo's name. On November 11, 1960, Pope John XXIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Caltagirone . He stayed there for almost three years before the newly elected Pope Paul VI. appointed Archbishop of Messina on June 25, 1963. From 1962 to 1965 Francesco Fasola took part in the Second Vatican Council . In the following years he tried to contain ecclesiastical political conflicts over his decisions. In February 1976 the 78-year-old was assigned a coadjutor in Ignazio Cannavò .
On June 3, 1977 Paul VI. finally his age-related resignation. Francesco Fasola spent the last years of his life in the House of the Oblates in Novara. After his health deteriorated during this period, he died in 1988 at the age of 90 and was later buried in Messina Cathedral.
Giovanni Marra , a later successor to Fasola, opened the diocesan beatification process , in the course of which Fasola was declared Venerable Servant of God .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Angelo Paino |
Archbishop of Messina 1963–1977 |
Ignazio Cannavò |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fasola, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Messina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maggiora , Novara Province , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1988 |
| Place of death | Novara |