Angelo Thomas Acerra
{{Short description|American Roman Catholic priest and bishop}}
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| title = Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services
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| see = Military Services
| appointed = September 29, 1983
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| ended = July 26, 1990
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| ordination = May 20, 1950
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| consecration = November 29, 1983
| consecrated_by = Joseph T. Ryan
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|11|7}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee
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| death_place = Alexandria, Virginia
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Angelo Thomas Accera O.S.B. (November 7, 1925 – July 26, 1990){{cite book|title=Who Was Who in America, with World Notables, v. 10: 1989-1993|year=1993|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=New Providence, NJ|isbn=0837902207|page=2|chapter=Acerra, Angelo Thomas}} was a Catholic bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Biography
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Accera entered the Benedictine order in 1944 at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama.[http://amcass.org/people/necrology/index.html "Necrology", The American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine Monasteries] He attended St. Benedict's College and was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1950.[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/27/obituaries/angelo-t-acerra-64-bishop-for-the-military.html "Angelo T. Acerra, 64, Bishop for the Military", The New York Times, July 27, 1990] He obtained advanced degrees in canon law from Catholic University and the "Angelicum" in Rome. He was a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
He served for twenty years as a chaplain for the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel. On September 29, 1983, Accerra was appointed titular bishop of Lete and auxiliary bishop of the Military Vicariate and was consecrated bishop on November 29, 1983.[https://www.milarch.org/former-bishops/ "Former bishops of the AMS", Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA] He was a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee on the Moral Evaluation of Deterrence.[http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/war-and-peace/nuclear-weapons/upload/statement-strategic-defense-initative-moral-question-public-choices-1988.pdf "SDI: Moral Questions, Public Choices", Washington, USCCB, 1988] Bishop Acerra died July 26, 1990, at his home in Alexandria, Virginia of lung cancer.
See also
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- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- Insignia of Chaplain Schools in the US Military
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States: military service
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
- Military chaplain
- Religious symbolism in the United States military
- United States military chaplains
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References
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External links
- [http://www.milarch.org/ Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA], official website
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/unit0.htm Archdiocese for the Military Services of the United States]. GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
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Category:Religious leaders from Memphis, Tennessee
Category:United States Air Force colonels
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Category:Catholics from Tennessee
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Virginia
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