Giovanni Antonio Farina
Giovanni Antonio Farina (born January 11, 1803 in Gambellara , Italy , † March 4, 1888 in Vicenza ) was an Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Vicenza . He was canonized on November 23, 2014 .
Life
The second of five brothers, Giovanni Antonio was born on January 11, 1803. His parents Pedro and Francisca Bellame and the entire family led a religious life. When his father died, his uncle, Father Antonio, took care of the boy. From then on, his uncle became his role model and mentor . Giovanni entered the Vicenza seminary in 1818 at the age of 15 and began teaching at the age of 21.
Priest and teacher
On January 15, 1827 he was ordained a priest and received the diploma as elementary school teacher . His pedagogical skills led him to be appointed spiritual director at the seminary , which he held for 18 years. It then joined a chaplaincy , later he took over the rectorate of a secondary school in Vicenza. In 1831 he founded a girls' school , the direction of which was established in 1836 by the school sisters of St. Luca Passi (1789–1866), confirmed by the bishop . Dorothea ( Suore Maestre di Santa Dorotea ) was taken over. He was particularly keen to help blind girls and the mentally ill; he organized care for the sick and the elderly, both in hospitals and at home.
bishop
On May 25, 1850 Giovanni Antonio Farina was appointed Bishop of Treviso ; Pope Pius IX confirmed the election on September 30 of the same year. He was ordained episcopate on January 15 of the following year by the Bishop of Vicenza , Giovanni Giuseppe Cappellari . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Adria , Bernardo Antonino Squarcina OP , and the later Bishop of Padua , Federico Manfredini . During his ten-year tenure, he initiated many pastoral initiatives, promoted the formation of priests and lay people, and campaigned for evangelization and Catholic action in Italy. In 1858 he ordained Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, later Pope Pius X , as a priest.
On June 18, 1860, he was appointed Bishop of Vicenza , which the Pope confirmed on September 28 of the same year. Here, too, he continued his pastoral initiatives, provided the priests with spiritual and cultural education, carried out reforms in the seminary and organized welfare for the poor. He was soon called "Bishop of Charity". In 1869 he held a diocesan synod and visited every parish in his diocese on visitation trips . In 1875, Bishop Farina approved the establishment of the Sisters of the Divine Will , led by Gaetana Sterni .
Suddenly, after an illness that began in 1886, he died of a stroke on March 4, 1888 .
Beatification and Canonization
He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on November 4th, 2001, and his feast day was set for March 4th. On April 3, 2014, during the canonization process , Pope Francis ordered the recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession.
Pope Francis canonized Farina on the Feast of Christ the King , November 23, 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Don Luca Passi (Italian)
- ↑ School Sisters of St. Dorothea (Italian)
- ↑ Publication of decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints ( Promulgazione di Decreti della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi ), in: Press Office of the Holy See, Daily Bulletin of April 3, 2014
- ↑ Cappella Papale per la Canonizzazione di 6 Beati, November 23, 2014. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 23, 2014, accessed November 23, 2014 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farina, Giovanni Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop, saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gambellara , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1888 |
| Place of death | Vicenza |