Emilio S. Allué

Emilio Simeon Allué Carcasona, SDB (18 February 1935 – 26 April 2020) was a Spanish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1996 until his retirement in 2010.

Life

Early years Emilio Allué was born in Huesca, Spain, on 18 February 1935 to Domingo and Juliana Carcasona. Allué. After graduating from high school, Allué decided to become a priest. He entered the formation program of the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order in Gerona, Spain, in 1954. He made his first vows in 1956. Later that year, the Salesians sent Allué to Newton, New Jersey, to continue his studies at Don Bosco College. He earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Salesian University in 1967.

Retirement and death In February 2010, Allué retired as an auxiliary bishop of Boston. He died on 26 April 2020 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Boston, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.