About Giovanni Barcia
Lived 1829 – 1912 (aged 82–83). Giovanni Barcia was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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. 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. 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.
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Roman Catholic bishop
When was Giovanni Barcia born?
Giovanni Barcia was born in 1829 in Palazzo Adriano.
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Giovanni Barcia died on 2 December 1912 in San Demetrio Corone.
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Giovanni Barcia was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Giovanni Barcia's recorded nationality: Arbëreshë people.
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