Raffaele Calabria
Raffaele Calabria (born December 11, 1906 in Lucera , Foggia province , Italy , † May 24, 1982 in Benevento ) was Archbishop of Otranto , later of Benevento .
Life
Calabria studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was ordained a priest on March 16, 1929 .
Pope Pius XII appointed him on May 6, 1950 titular Archbishop of Soteropolis and Coadjutor Archbishop of Otranto. He was ordained bishop on June 29th of the same year by the Archbishop of Salerno Demetrio Moscato . Co-consecrators were the bishops Federico Pezzullo and Domenico Vendola . On July 10, 1952, Calabria became the new Archbishop of Otranto.
Pope John XXIII appointed him on July 12, 1960 coadjutor archbishop of Benevento and assigned him the titular archbishopric of Heliopolis in Phenicia . After the death of Agostino Mancinelli , he followed this on January 1, 1962 as Archbishop of Benevento. He participated in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . There he represented more conservative positions. On June 28, 1965 he was able to inaugurate the new Benevento Cathedral .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Cattedrale: ARCIDIOCESI DI BENEVENTO ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Agostino Mancinelli |
Archbishop of Benevento 1962–1982 |
Carlo Minchiatti |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calabria, Raffaele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Benevento |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucera , Foggia Province, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1982 |
| Place of death | Benevento |