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Charles Pasquale Greco | |
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| Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Alexandria in Louisiana |
| In office | 1946 to 1973 |
| Predecessor | Daniel Francis Desmond |
| Successor | Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 25, 1918 by John Shaw |
| Consecration | February 25, 1947 by Joseph Rummel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 29, 1894 |
| Died | January 20, 1987 (aged 92) |
| Education | St. Joseph Seminary American College at Louvain |
| Motto | Vivat Jesus (Jesus lives) |
Charles Pasquale Greco (October 29, 1894 – January 20, 1987) was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1946 to 1973.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Charles Greco was born on October 29, 1894, in Rodney, Mississippi, to Italian immigrants, Frank and Carmela (née Testa) Greco.[1][2] He attended St. Joseph Seminary in Covington, Louisiana, before studying at the American College at Louvain in Belgium and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.[1][2]
Greco was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop John Shaw on July 25, 1918.[3] Greco served as vicar general of the archdiocese and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Orleans.[1]
Bishop of Alexandria
[edit]On January 15, 1946, Greco was appointed the sixth bishop of Alexandria by Pope Pius XII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on February 25, 1946, from Archbishop Joseph Rummel, with Bishops Richard Gerow and Thomas Toolen serving as co-consecrators.[3]
During his tenure, Greco established 33 parishes, over 125 churches and chapels, 100 convents and rectories, and sevem health-care facilities.[4] In 1954, he also founded St. Mary's Residential Training School in Clarks, Louisiana, and Holy Angels Residential Facility for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Shreveport, Louisiana.[4][2]He was named supreme chaplain of the national Knights of Columbus in 1961.[5]
He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965.[3]
Retirement and legacy
[edit]On May 10, 1973, Pope Paul VI accepted Greco's resignation as bishop of Alexandria.[3] Charles Greco died in Alexandria on January 20, 1987, at age 92.[3] Greco is honored with a statue of himself standing between two children at St. Mary's Residential Training School in Alexandria.[6]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- 1 2 3 "Bishop Charles P. Greco" (PDF). Louisiana Ladies Auxiliary Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- 1 2 "Bishop Charles P. Greco". Knights of Columbus Assembly 2161. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
- ↑ Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982. Harper and Row. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.
- ↑ "St. Mary's Residential Training School History". stmarys-rts.org. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
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- 1894 births
- 1987 deaths
- American College of the Immaculate Conception alumni
- Roman Catholic bishops of Alexandria in Louisiana
- Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- People from Alexandria, Louisiana
- People from Jefferson County, Mississippi
- American people of Italian descent
- Religious leaders from Mississippi
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Catholics from Mississippi
- 20th-century American people