Giovanni Barcia

Most Reverend Giovanni Barcia
Ordinary for the Albanians of Calabria
Church	Italo-Albanian Catholic
Diocese	Sicily
See	Croae
Appointed	24 April 1902
Predecessor	Giuseppe Schirò
Successor	Giovanni Mele
Orders
Consecration	24 June 1902 [1] by  Vincenzo Vannutelli, Giustino Adami, and Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski [1]
Personal details
Born	1829 Palazzo Adriano, Sicily, Italy
Died	2 December 1912 (age 83) San Demetrio Corone, Calabria, Italy
Nationality	Italo-Albanian
Denomination	Italo-Albanian Catholic
Ordination history
History Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Vincenzo Vannutelli [1] Date 24 June 1902 [1]
Styles of Giovanni Barcia Spoken style Your Excellency Religious style Bishop Giovanni Barcia was the last Ordinary of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church from 1902 until his death in 1912. [1] Biography Giovanni Barcia was born in Palazzo Adriano (PA) in 1829, during that time in the territory of the Latin diocese of Monreale. On 24 April 1902, he was appointed to be the Bishop of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIII. [2] Later, on 24 June 1902, Giovanni Barcia was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli with co-consecrators Archbishop Giustino Adami and the future Latin Patriarch of Antioch Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski. [1] Pope Leo XIII gave him the titular see of Croae and Giovanni went on to lead the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church for ten years. Giovanni Barcia resided in Naples and was also the superior of the College of San Adriano in San Demetrio Corone (CS), Calabria. Bishop Giovanni Barcia was also the president of the Italian Clergy Committee for the relief of those affected by the Calabria earthquake. References "Bishop Giovanni Barcia [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. "Bishops who are not Ordinaries: BAR… – BD…". www.gcatholic.org. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.