Blessed Joseph Allamano
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- Also known as
- Giuseppe Allamano
- Memorial
- 16 February
- Profile
- Fourth of five children; nephew of Saint John Cafasso.
His father died when Joseph was three years old.
Studied at the Salesian Oratory in Valdocco, Italy; Saint John Bosco was one of his spiritual directors.
Entered the diocesan seminary of Turin, Italy in November 1866.
Ordained on 20 September 1873.
Spiritual director of the Turin seminary.
Appointed rector of the Consolata Shrine on 2 October 1880; he remodeled the shrine, and made it a source for spiritual renewal throughout the diocese.
Founded the Consolata Missionary Priests and Brothers on 29 January 1901; the first missionaries reach Kenya in 1902.
On 29 January 1910 he founded the Consolata Missionary Sisters for women with a missionary vocation.
- Born
- 21 January 1851 at Castelnuova, Asti, Italy
- Died
- 16 February 1926 at Turin, Italy of natural causes
- Venerated
- 13 May 1989 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 7 October 1990 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending;
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