Vincent Spaccapietra
Vincent Spaccapietra CM , maiden name Vincenzo Spaccapietra (born October 12, 1801 in Francavilla al Mare , Kingdom of Naples , † November 25, 1878 in Smyrna ), was an Italian Roman Catholic clergyman. He was Archbishop of Port of Spain from 1855 to 1859 and Archbishop of Izmir from 1862 until his death .
Life
Spaccapietra was ordained priest in 1824 for the Missionary Congregation of the Lazarists . On November 19, 1852 he was appointed titular bishop of Arcadiopolis in Asia . Pope Pius IX gave him episcopal ordination two days later . On April 17, 1855, he was appointed second Archbishop of Port of Spain . As a representative of the Catholic Church and a native Italian, he got into a dispute with the British colonial administration of the then British colony of Trinidad and Tobago under the governor Charles Elliot , which ultimately led to the resignation of both. It went u. a. to the state endowment of the archbishop that this much for the maintenance of which he founded cholera - orphans needed -Heims.
He took up the new office of Archbishop of the numerically small but historically and religiously diplomatically significant Diaspora diaspora of Izmir in 1862. He succeeded in consolidating the predominantly French and Italian Catholic (" Latin ") community in agreement with the Ottoman leadership. In the same year he took office, the foundation stone of St. John's Cathedral was laid, which was completed and consecrated in 1874 . Sultan Abdülaziz contributed a large part of the construction costs and thereby also expressed his appreciation for the archbishop.
Spaccapietra was buried in St. John's Cathedral. A monument was erected for him in the garden of the cathedral, which was still standing in 1970, but of which only the base was left in 2011.
literature
- Luigi Spaccapietra: Ricordi della vita di Mons. Vincenzo Spaccapietra . Naples, 1885
Web links
- Entry for Vincent Spaccapietra on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Vincent Spaccapietra Archbishop of Port of Spain (Caribbean Catholic, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'Hospice celebrates 150 years (catholicnews-tt.net, August 5, 2007, English)
- ↑ Photos and explanation (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Richard Smith |
Archbishop of Port of Spain 1855-1859 |
Ferdinand Italiano |
| Antonio Mussabini |
Archbishop of Izmir 1862–1878 |
Andrea Policarpo Timoni |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spaccapietra, Vincent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spaccapietra, Vincenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Port of Spain, Archbishop of Izmir |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Francavilla al Mare |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1878 |
| Place of death | Izmir |