Italo Dell’Oro

Italo Dell’Oro, C.R.S. (born June 20, 1953) is an Italian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas since 2021.

Biography

Early life Dell’Oro was born on June 20, 1953, in Malgrate, in the province of Lecco, Italy. His parents were Giuseppe Dell'Oro and Silene (Crippa) Dell'Oro. He has two sisters, Michela and Edvige (Edy). His first cousin is Bishop Adelio Dell'Oro of the Diocese of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.

In 1978, Dell'Oro entered the Somascan Fathers seminary in Rome, making his first profession to the congregation. He took his solemn vows to the Somascan Fathers in 1981. and received his Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1982 from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome

Priesthood On September 11, 1982, Dell’Oro was ordained to the priesthood for the Congregation of Somascan Fathers at the Santuario Del Santissimo Crocifisso in Como, Italy by Bishop Teresio Ferraroni of the Diocese of Como. On July 2, 2021, he was consecrated at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo. Archbishop Franco Moscone was to serve as a co-consecrator but could not travel from Italy to the United States to attend due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions. Bishop Brendan J. Cahill served instead as co-consecrator.