Guglielmo Piani
Guglielmo Piani SDB (born September 16, 1875 in Martinengo ; † September 27, 1956 ) was an Italian religious priest , missionary and Roman Catholic archbishop .
Life
After Piani joined the Order of the Salesians of Don Bosco , he was ordained a priest on May 15, 1898.
Within the religious community, he was appointed Provincial of the Province of Mexico in 1912.
On December 16, 1921 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XV. appointed auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Puebla de los Ángeles in Mexico and titular bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia . By Pope Pius XI. he was appointed Titular Archbishop of Velicia on February 17, 1922 and Apostolic Delegate for the Philippines on March 17 . On May 14, 1922, he was ordained bishop by Cardinal Giovanni Cagliero .
In 1923 he complained to the bishops of the region about the lack of an official church bulletin , which finally appeared for the first time on June 1, 1923. Through him, the canonical coronation of the Virgin Mary statue Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia as Queen of Bicolandia took place in 1924 .
In 1926 he made contact with the Dominicans with the aim of opening a central seminar linked to the University of Santo Tomas . This could be opened for the school year 1927/28.
On April 21, 1934 he was assigned the titular archbishopric of Nicosia .
Under him, the church of Palo in the province of Leyte on March 27, 1938 by Pope Pius XI. raised to the cathedral.
When the Philippines was occupied by Japan as an American colony in the course of World War II in 1942, he tried to mediate between the episcopate and the brutal occupation regime of the Japanese army. After the liberation of Manila in March 1945, he wrote a letter to the Holy See through the Apostolic Delegate in Washington about the many atrocities that church staff suffered during the dictatorship.
On October 5, 1948, Pope Pius XII sent him . as Official for Mexico and finally on April 13, 1951 as Apostolic Delegate for Mexico. He held this office until his death.
Web links
- Entry for Guglielmo Piani on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Photo in the Photo Archive of the Filipinas Heritage Library
credentials
- ^ John N. Schumacher, Readings in Philippine church history, 1987, p. 384.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piani, Guglielmo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piani, Guglielmo SDB |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian religious priest, missionary and Roman Catholic archbishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Martinengo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1956 |