Irzio Luigi Magliacani

Irzio Luigi Magliacani OFM Cap. (16 February 1892 – 15 March 1976) was an Italian Bishop and Missionary who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 23 October 1948 to 4 November 1969, he also served as the Titular Bishop of Dium. He was the last Vicar of Arabia who had his Cathedra (throne) in Aden.[2]

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Irzio Luigi Magliacani

O.F.M. Cap.
Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseDium
SeeApostolic Vicariate of Arabia
In office23 October 1948 to 4 November 1969
PredecessorGiovanni Battista Tirinanzi, OFM Cap.
SuccessorGiovanni Bernardo Gremoli, OFM Cap.
Orders
Ordination20 March 1915[1]
Consecration28 May 1950
by Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa
Personal details
Born
Irzio Luigi Magliacani

(1892-02-16)16 February 1892
Castel del Piano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.
Died15 March 1976(1976-03-15) (aged 84)
Grosseto, Italy
NationalityItalian
DenominationCatholic
Ordination history of
Irzio Luigi Magliacani
History
Priestly ordination
Date20 March 1915
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorCardinal Elia Dalla Costa
Co-consecratorsArchbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap.
Bishop Ireneo Enrico Chelucci
Date28 May 1950
Styles of
Irzio Luigi Magliacani
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Life

In March of 1915, Magliacani was ordained to the priesthood and became Capuchin; soon after his ordination, he was transferred to Agra in 1920; as the mission in Arabia required more personnel, he was transferred to Aden in 1939. In October of 1948, right after World War 2, Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Apostolic Administrator of Arabia after the resignation of Msgr. Tirinanzi.[3] On 25 December 1949, he was nominated as Titular Bishop of Dium and The Apostolic Vicar of Arabia. He was consecrated as a bishop by the Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, in Florence on 28 May 1950.[4]

Magliacani was quick to assess the situation following World War 2 and fulfilled the urgent requirement for churches and personnel in Somalia, Yemen, and Bahrain; by this time in the 1950s, as the nations in the Persian Gulf were striking oil, Magliacani saw the rising prominence of the mission in Bahrain. During these years, events in South Yemen were taking a turn for the worse after the British left Aden in 1967, and Communists soon took control.[5]

In 1962, land was donated by the Sheikhs in the Emirates to the Catholic Church and soon St. Joseph's Church in Abu Dhabi and St. Mary's Church in Dubai were built. In the same year Magliacani attended The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, he took part in all the four periods of the council as a council father.[6]

On 4 November 1969, Irzio Luigi Maglacani resigned as Apostolic Vicar of Arabia.[7]

Death

He died on 15 March 1976. (presumably in Grosseto)

References
  1. "Apostolic Vicars: Bishops accredited to Bahrain". Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. "'File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)' [8v] (16/132)". Qatar Digital Library. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. "'File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)'". Qatar Digital Library. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. Piemonte, Curia Generalizia dei Frati Minori Cappuccini Via; fax +39 06 4828267, 70 00187 Roma ITALIA tel +39 06 42011710 +39 335 1641820. "Vicariate in Arabia celebrates 100th Anniversary of Tuscan Capuchin Presence". www.ofmcap.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. Builders of the Church in Arabia, retrieved 5 April 2021
  6. "Bishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  7. "Welcome to AVONA (Apostolic Vicars: Bishops accredited to Bahrain)". www.avona.org. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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