José Fagnano
José Fagnano SDB - Italian Giuseppe (born March 9, 1844 in Rachetta , Tánaro , † September 18, 1916 ) was an Italian Salesian of Don Bosco , a missionary and Roman Catholic prefect .
He entered the diocesan college of Asti in 1856 at the age of twelve . When he was supposed to move to Turin, however, he returned to the family. He enrolled in the Garibaldi Legion as a volunteer for the Italian Red Cross , but because of his strong religious beliefs, he was asked to leave. Instead, he became a nurse at the Asti Military Hospital. The meeting with Don Bosco in 1870 brought him back on the path to the priesthood. He became one of Don Bosco's most effective collaborators. After the ordination he began his ministry in Lanzo Torinese as a teacher.
When Don Bosco and the now 31-year-old completed the group of the first ten missionaries for Argentina under Don Giovanni Cagliero in 1875 , he mainly worked there as director in San Nicolás de los Arrollos , Patagonia . In April 1879 he fell ill with typhus and was transferred as a pastor to the Patagonian borders, where he built a new church, founded two institutes, set up a music band and a meteorological observatory .
Father Fagnano was appointed Prefect of Magallanes in Chile on December 2, 1883 . Thus he had the task of an apostolic administrator for the Patagonian Meridional , Tierra del Fuego and Malvinas and received the title of Monsignor . He held this office until his death.
On November 21, 1886, he set out for the first time in the Ramón Lista expedition from San Sebastián Bay to Tierra del Fuego and reached it in Thetis Bay on January 13, 1887. He evangelized and baptized numerous Indians in the following years. On July 21, 1887, he settled in Punta Arenas . On February 14, 1889, he founded the San Rafael Mission for the Alakaluf Indians on the island of Dawson . In 1892 he and Father Beauvoir succeeded in establishing the "Misión de la Candelaria" in the north of the island among the Onas Indios, who accepted him as "el capitán bueno". On November 11, 1893, the "Misión de la Candelaria" followed in the "Barrancos Negros".
His remains are buried in the Cathedral of Punta Arenas.
Lake Fagnano in the south of Tierra del Fuego is named after him.
literature
- Luis Barrantes Molina: Monseñor José Fagnano. Ensayo biográfico , Buenos Aires 1918
- L. Magoni: Un héroe de la Patagonia , Buenos Aires 1935.
- Raúl Agustín Entraigas: Monseñor Fagnano. El hombre, el misionero, el pioneer , Buenos Aires 1945.
Web links
- Entry about José Fagnano on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Biography on misionrg.com.ar (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fagnano, José |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fagnano, Giuseppe (Italian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Don Boscos Italian Salesian, missionary and Roman Catholic prefect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rachetta , Tánaro |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1916 |