Luigi Barlassina
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Titular Bishop of Capharnaum (1918–1947)
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Luigi (Aloysius) Barlassina (30 April 1872, Turin, Italy – 27 September 1947) was an Italian Catholic prelate who was Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1920 until his death in 1947.
Biography
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Barlassina born on 30 April 1872 in Turin, Kingdom of Italy.{{cite web |title=V - Patriarch Luigi Barlassina |url=https://lpj.org/en/about-us/v-patriarch-luigi-barlassina |website=Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem |access-date=24 September 2024 |language=en}}
Barlassina received his ordination on 22 December 1894 and later became Ph.D. in theology and canon law. In 1911 he worked at the Spiritual College of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome and from 1912 to 1918 at Vicario Curato at the Lateran Basilica.
Pope Benedict XV in 1918 appointed him Titular bishop of Capharnaum and appointed him Auxiliary bishop in Jerusalem. He received his episcopal consecration by Cardinal Basilio Pompili on 8 September 1918 in Rome. In 1919 Barlassina became Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem and he was in 1920 by Pope Pius XI appointed Patriarch of Jerusalem, the only Latin patriarch in the East. Barlassina was known to be an anti-Zionist and his office promoted the reading of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an antisemitic fabricated text.{{cite news |title=Mgr. Luigi Barlassina, Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Arrives in New York |url=http://pdfs.jta.org/1926/1926-02-14_402.pdf |access-date=24 September 2024 |work=The Jewish Daily Bulletin |issue=402 |date=14 February 1926 |page=4}}
From 1928 until his death in 1947 he was also rector and permanent administrator of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (though not grand master).
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External links
- http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbarlass.html Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable sources
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