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Rev Louis Robert Gigante

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Rev Louis Robert Gigante

Birth
Greenwich Village, New York County, New York, USA
Death
19 Oct 2022 (aged 90)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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Son of Yolanda and Salvatore.
Father Louis R. Gigante was the associate pastor at St. Athanasius Church in the South Bronx and organized numerous mass demonstrations to protest housing, crime and sanitation services in the South Bronx. He founded the Simpson Street Development Association in 1969 and the Southeast Bronx Community Organization in 1968. In 1971 Father Gigante founded the Bruckner Democratic Club and then was elected City Councilman in the tri-borough district in 1973.
Son of Yolanda and Salvatore.
Father Louis R. Gigante was the associate pastor at St. Athanasius Church in the South Bronx and organized numerous mass demonstrations to protest housing, crime and sanitation services in the South Bronx. He founded the Simpson Street Development Association in 1969 and the Southeast Bronx Community Organization in 1968. In 1971 Father Gigante founded the Bruckner Democratic Club and then was elected City Councilman in the tri-borough district in 1973.


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