词条 | Louis A. DeSimone |
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| type = | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = Louis Anthony DeSimone | honorific-suffix = | title = Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia Titular Bishop of Cillium | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | archdiocese = Philadelphia | diocese = | appointed = June 27, 1981 | enthroned = August 12, 1981 | ended = April 5, 1997 | predecessor = | successor = | previous_post = | other_post = Titular Bishop of Cillium | ordination = May 10, 1952 | ordained_by = | consecration = August 12, 1981 | consecrated_by = John Krol, John Joseph Graham, and Martin Nicholas Lohmuller | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|02|21}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|5|1922|2|21}} | death_place =Villanova, Pennsylvania, U.S. | buried = | nationality = | alma_mater = }}{{Infobox bishopstyles | name= Louis Anthony DeSimone | dipstyle=
| offstyle=Your Excellency | relstyle=Bishop | image = Mitre (plain).svg | image_size = 200px }} Louis Anthony DeSimone (February 21, 1922 – October 5, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia from 1981-97. BiographyDeSimone was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Bridgeport. He has two brothers, Russell and Salvatore, both of whom also chose ecclesiastical careers; the former is an Augustinian professor at the Pontifical Lateran University and the latter (d. 1989) was a pastor in New Jersey. He attended Bridgeport High School and Villanova University before becoming a sergeant in the Army during World War II, serving for two years in Italy with the Fifth Army Headquarters. Upon his return to the United States, DeSimone entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, and was ordained to the priesthood by on May 10, 1952. He then taught at St. Thomas More High School in Philadelphia, as well as serving as assistant pastor at St. Donato Parish in Philadelphia and at Ss. Cosmas and Damian Parish in Conshohocken. He became a member of the archdiocesan Executive Committee of the Catholic Charities Appeal in 1961, pastor of Ss. Cosmas and Damian Parish in 1968, and director of Catholic Relief Services in 1971. In 1975, DeSimone was made chairman of the Heritage Group Committee for the forty-first International Eucharistic Congress, which was held in Philadelphia in August 1976. He was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness during that same year. John Cardinal Krol later named him coordinator of the Italian Earthquake Relief Fund for Friuli, his work for which earned him the Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana from the Italian government.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} He became pastor of [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705145226/http://www.saintmonicaparish.net/home.html St. Monica Church] in Philadelphia in November 1976, and consultor to the Council of Managers of the Archdiocesan Office for Development in 1979. He also sat on the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Hospital and of Methodist Hospital for several years, and was Vice-President of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania. On June 27, 1981, DeSimone was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and Titular Bishop of Cillium by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 12 from Cardinal Krol, with Bishops John Graham and Martin Nicholas Lohmuller serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} In addition to his duties as an auxiliary, De Simone was named vicar general of the Archdiocese and later chairman of the Catholic Charities Appeal in 1982. He resigned his post on April 5, 1997, after fifteen years of service and reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} On October 5, 2018, he died at the age of 96 at St. Thomas Monastery in Villanova, Pennsylvania.[1] See also{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
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1. ^{{cite web |title=Bishop Louis DeSimone, beloved retired pastor, dies at 96 |url=http://catholicphilly.com/2018/10/news/local-news/bishop-louis-desimone-beloved-retired-pastor-dies-at-96/ |website=Catholic Philly |accessdate=6 October 2018}} External links
Episcopal succession{{s-start}}{{s-rel|ca}}{{succession box |before=– | title=Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia| after=– | years=1981–1997}} {{s-end}}{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia|state=collapsed}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Desimone, Louis Anthony}} 10 : 1922 births|2018 deaths|Villanova University alumni|Clergy from Philadelphia|American Roman Catholic bishops|American people of Italian descent|People from Bridgeport, Pennsylvania|Military personnel from Philadelphia|St. Charles Borromeo Seminary alumni|Catholics from Pennsylvania |
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