About John Pinasco
Lived 1837 – 1897 (aged 59). John Pinasco was an American catholic priest.
Rev. John Pinasco, SJ, (11 June 1837 – 9 March 1897), was born in the vicinity of Genoa and entered the Jesuit Novitiate at Bonaecola in 1853. In 1858, he was sent to the Jesuit college at Stonyhurst to study philosophy with Rev. Father Bayma, SJ, one of the premier professors of the Society of Jesus in Europe.
Pinasco came directly to Santa Clara College in 1860, where he taught until 1876 with a four-year break for additional theological training at Georgetown University between 1868 and 1872.
In 1876, he moved to the University of San Francisco, where he served as president. Thereafter, he twice served Santa Clara College in the same capacity, (1880–1883 and 1888–1893, respectively).
Fr. Pinasco died at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Los Gatos, aged 59.
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John Pinasco was born on 11 June 1837 in Genoa.
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John Pinasco died on 9 March 1897 in Los Gatos.
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John Pinasco was a catholic priest.
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