Charles Pasquale Greco

Charles Pasquale Greco (October 29, 1894 – January 20, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1946 to 1973. He was also the Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus from 1961 to 1987.[1] [2]

Charles Pasquale Greco
TitleBishop of Alexandria in Louisiana
Personal
Born(1894-10-29)29 October 1894
Rodney
Died20 January 1987(1987-01-20) (aged 92)
ReligionChristian
NationalityAmerican
SchoolSt. Joseph Seminary in Covington, Louisiana
SectRoman Catholic
EducationAmerican College at Louvain
Senior posting
Period in office1946-1973
ConsecrationFebruary 25, 1947
PredecessorDaniel Francis Desmond
SuccessorLawrence Preston Joseph Graves
OrdinationJuly 25, 1918

Biography

Charles Greco was born in Rodney in Jefferson County near Natchez, Mississippi, to Frank and Carmela (née Testa) Greco.[3] 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.[3] He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop John Shaw on July 25, 1918.[4] He served as vicar general of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church.[3]

On January 15, 1946, Greco was appointed the sixth Bishop of Alexandria by Pope Pius XII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on the following February 25 from Archbishop Joseph Rummel, with Bishops Richard Oliver Gerow and Thomas Joseph Toolen serving as co-consecrators.[4] During his tenure, he established 33 parishes, over 125 churches and chapels, 100 convents and rectories, and 7 health-care facilities.[5] In 1954, he also founded St. Mary's Residential Training School in Clarks (later relocated in Alexandria) and Holy Angels Residential Facility for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Shreveport.[5] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965. Bishop Greco was also the Supreme Chaplain of the Roman Catholic men's organization, the Knights of Columbus.

After twenty-seven years as bishop, Greco resigned on May 10, 1973.[4] He later died at the age of ninety-two.

Greco is honored with a statue of himself standing between two children at Sr. Mary's Residential Training School in Alexandria.[6]

References
  1. "Bishop Charles P. Greco" (PDF). Louisiana Ladies Auxiliary Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982. Harper and Row. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  4. "Bishop Charles Pasquale Greco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  5. "Bishop Charles P. Greco". Knights of Columbus Assembly 2161. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
  6. "St. Mary's Residential Training School History". stmarys-rts.org. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Daniel Francis Desmond		 Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana
1946—1973		 Succeeded by
Lawrence Preston Joseph Graves
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