Charles Pasquale Greco

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

Early life Charles Greco was born on October 29, 1894, in Rodney, Mississippi, to Italian immigrants, Frank and Carmela (née Testa) Greco. 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. Greco served as vicar general of the archdiocese and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Orleans. 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.

He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965.