Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna

Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna , best known as Dom Luís (March 4, 1850 – November 6, 1895) was an Italian Salesian priest and Titular Bishop of the Diocese of Oea from his appointment by Pope Leo XIII on March 10, 1893, until his death on November 6, 1895. He was the founder of the Salesian works in Brazil and Uruguay.

Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna S.D.B.
Bishop of Oea
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeTitular see of Oea
In office1893–1895
PredecessorAlessandro Grossi
SuccessorJean-Baptiste Grosgeorge M.E.P.
Orders
OrdinationJune 8, 1873
ConsecrationMarch 12, 1893
by Cardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi
Personal details
Born(1850-03-04)4 March 1850
Montemagno,  Italy
Died6 November 1895(1895-11-06) (aged 45)
Juiz de Fora,  Brazil
NationalityItalian
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
Occupationbishop
Previous postSalesian Missionary in Uruguay and Brazil
Styles of
Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna
Reference styleHis Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Biography

Born in Montemagno in 1850, Lasagna entered Valdocco's oratory and was ordained a Catholic priest on June 8, 1873. With the help of Don Bosco he was sent as a missionary to Latin America in 1876. On March 10, 1893 he was appointed titular bishop of Oea and ordained on 12 March by Cardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi, choosing as his motto Sal agnis (pieces of salt).[1]

Dom Luís began his missionary ministry in Uruguay and became director of the Colegio de Villa Colón. In 1881 he inaugurated a meteorological station, later founding a Catholic university and a high school of agriculture. In 1883 he started a ministry in Brazil.

He died in 1895 in Juiz de Fora, a victim of a railway accident, crushed by two trains of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil.[2] Seven nuns, five other priests and a stoker were also killed in the accident.

Bibliography
  • Paolo Albera, Mons. Luigi Lasagna: Memorie Biografiche, 1900.
  • D. Barberis, Mons. Luigi Lasagna “Vale mecum”, San Benigno Canavese, 1901.
  • Lorenzo Gentile, Missionsbischof Alois Lasagna, Salesianer 1850–1895, übersetzt durch Leo Schlegel, München, 1933
  • Juan E. Belza, Luis Lasagna, el obispo misionero, 1969

See also

References
  1. Araldica ecclesiastica: Lasagna, Luigi Giuseppe
  2. Décio Cataldi (2000-05-10). "Juiz de Fora 150 anos em um minuto". acessa.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Alessandro Grossi		 Titular diocese of Oea
1893–1895		 Succeeded by
Jean-Baptiste Grosgeorge M.E.P.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.