Joseph Maria Pernicone | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of New York | |
| In office | 1954-1978 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 18, 1926 |
| Consecration | May 5, 1954 by Cardinal Francis Spellman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 4, 1903 Regalbuto, Sicily |
| Died | February 11, 1985 (aged 81) Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Salvatore and Petronilla (née Taverna) Pernicone |
| Education | Cathedral College |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's Seminary |
Joseph Maria Pernicone (November 4, 1903 – February 11, 1985) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1954 to 1978.[1]
Biography
Joseph Pernicone was born in Regalbuto, Sicily, to Salvatore and Petronilla (née Taverna) Pernicone.[1] He received his early training at the seminaries in Nicosia and Catania.[1] He came to the United States in 1920.[2] He continued his studies at Cathedral College in New York City and St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers.[3]
He was ordained to the priesthood on December 18, 1926.[4] His first assignment was as a curate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Yonkers.[1] In 1932, he earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.[1] He was pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Church (Poughkeepsie, New York)[5] from 1932 to 1944, and served as master of ceremonies at the Requiem Mass for Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, in 1937.[6]
From 1944 to 1966, he was pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in the Bronx.[1] During his tenure in the Bronx, he oversaw the construction of a parochial school which opened in 1949.[7] He was named a papal chamberlain in 1945, and raised to the rank of domestic prelate in 1952.[3]
On April 6, 1954, Pernicone was appointed auxiliary bishop of the New York and titular bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade by Pope Pius XII.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 5 from Cardinal Francis Spellman, with Bishops Joseph Francis Flannelly and Edward Vincent Dargin serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral.[4] During his tenure as an auxiliary bishop, he also served as pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Poughkeepsie and episcopal vicar of Dutchess and Putnam Counties.[2] After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he retired as auxiliary bishop on November 28, 1978.[4]
He died from a stroke at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx, aged 81.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ a b c "Joseph M. Pernicone, Ex-Auxiliary Bishop". The New York Times. 1985-02-13.
- ^ a b "Pastor of Bronx Church Made Auxiliary Bishop by Pope". The New York Times. 1954-04-15.
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Joseph Maria Pernicone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Our Lady of Carmel Church
- ^ "Mass for Marconi Celebrated Here". The New York Times. 1937-07-28.
- ^ "Pastors of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church". Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23.
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