Monsignor Giuseppe Schirò, of the Titular Archbishopric See of Neocaesarea in Ponto, was born on January 1, 1846, in Contessa Entellina, Italy, and after successfully finishing his studies in philosophy, theology and literature, at the Greek College and at the Pontifical Propaganda Fide College, he was ordained to the priesthood in Palermo, Sicily, in July, 1868.
Serving as vice–parish priest of Contessa, and discipline master at the Greek–Albanese Seminary of Palermo, in 1874, he was named as rector of the Byzantine Rite Parish in Malta. Aged 43, on July 13, 1889, he was named as Ordinary Bishop of the Calabrie with the Titular See of Gadara, by Pope Leo XIII.
Bishop Giuseppe was furthermore named as provost of the Albanese College of S. Adriano in Calabria, and 1895, Coadjutor to Msgr. Stefano Stefanopoli, Ordinary Prelate of the Byzantine Rite, in Rome. On November 29, 1895, he was promoted to the Titular Archbishopric See of Neocaesarea in Ponto.
Retiring from his office of Ordinary Prelate in 1902, the Archbishop dedicated his remaining years to his most beloved ministry, that of a preacher. A keen orator, he preached among others at the Eucharistic Congress of Orvieto, the National Italian Eucharistic Congress held in Venice in 1897, and at the Quaresimale of 1902, which was held at the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano in Rome.
He left Rome to his native Contessa in July 1923, where he passed away on August 1, 1927, aged 81. In 1994, following the initiative of the Nicolò Chetta Association, his remains where exhumed and transported to the parish church of the Byzantine Rite of Contessa Entellina.
Serving as vice–parish priest of Contessa, and discipline master at the Greek–Albanese Seminary of Palermo, in 1874, he was named as rector of the Byzantine Rite Parish in Malta. Aged 43, on July 13, 1889, he was named as Ordinary Bishop of the Calabrie with the Titular See of Gadara, by Pope Leo XIII.
Bishop Giuseppe was furthermore named as provost of the Albanese College of S. Adriano in Calabria, and 1895, Coadjutor to Msgr. Stefano Stefanopoli, Ordinary Prelate of the Byzantine Rite, in Rome. On November 29, 1895, he was promoted to the Titular Archbishopric See of Neocaesarea in Ponto.
Retiring from his office of Ordinary Prelate in 1902, the Archbishop dedicated his remaining years to his most beloved ministry, that of a preacher. A keen orator, he preached among others at the Eucharistic Congress of Orvieto, the National Italian Eucharistic Congress held in Venice in 1897, and at the Quaresimale of 1902, which was held at the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano in Rome.
He left Rome to his native Contessa in July 1923, where he passed away on August 1, 1927, aged 81. In 1994, following the initiative of the Nicolò Chetta Association, his remains where exhumed and transported to the parish church of the Byzantine Rite of Contessa Entellina.
Monsignor Giuseppe Schirò, of the Titular Archbishopric See of Neocaesarea in Ponto, was born on January 1, 1846, in Contessa Entellina, Italy, and after successfully finishing his studies in philosophy, theology and literature, at the Greek College and at the Pontifical Propaganda Fide College, he was ordained to the priesthood in Palermo, Sicily, in July, 1868.
Serving as vice–parish priest of Contessa, and discipline master at the Greek–Albanese Seminary of Palermo, in 1874, he was named as rector of the Byzantine Rite Parish in Malta. Aged 43, on July 13, 1889, he was named as Ordinary Bishop of the Calabrie with the Titular See of Gadara, by Pope Leo XIII.
Bishop Giuseppe was furthermore named as provost of the Albanese College of S. Adriano in Calabria, and 1895, Coadjutor to Msgr. Stefano Stefanopoli, Ordinary Prelate of the Byzantine Rite, in Rome. On November 29, 1895, he was promoted to the Titular Archbishopric See of Neocaesarea in Ponto.
Retiring from his office of Ordinary Prelate in 1902, the Archbishop dedicated his remaining years to his most beloved ministry, that of a preacher. A keen orator, he preached among others at the Eucharistic Congress of Orvieto, the National Italian Eucharistic Congress held in Venice in 1897, and at the Quaresimale of 1902, which was held at the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano in Rome.
He left Rome to his native Contessa in July 1923, where he passed away on August 1, 1927, aged 81. In 1994, following the initiative of the Nicolò Chetta Association, his remains where exhumed and transported to the parish church of the Byzantine Rite of Contessa Entellina.
Serving as vice–parish priest of Contessa, and discipline master at the Greek–Albanese Seminary of Palermo, in 1874, he was named as rector of the Byzantine Rite Parish in Malta. Aged 43, on July 13, 1889, he was named as Ordinary Bishop of the Calabrie with the Titular See of Gadara, by Pope Leo XIII.
Bishop Giuseppe was furthermore named as provost of the Albanese College of S. Adriano in Calabria, and 1895, Coadjutor to Msgr. Stefano Stefanopoli, Ordinary Prelate of the Byzantine Rite, in Rome. On November 29, 1895, he was promoted to the Titular Archbishopric See of Neocaesarea in Ponto.
Retiring from his office of Ordinary Prelate in 1902, the Archbishop dedicated his remaining years to his most beloved ministry, that of a preacher. A keen orator, he preached among others at the Eucharistic Congress of Orvieto, the National Italian Eucharistic Congress held in Venice in 1897, and at the Quaresimale of 1902, which was held at the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano in Rome.
He left Rome to his native Contessa in July 1923, where he passed away on August 1, 1927, aged 81. In 1994, following the initiative of the Nicolò Chetta Association, his remains where exhumed and transported to the parish church of the Byzantine Rite of Contessa Entellina.
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