Advertisement

Bishop Nicholas Carmen Dattilo

Advertisement

Bishop Nicholas Carmen Dattilo

Birth
Mahoningtown, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Mar 2004 (aged 71)
Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Nicholas C. Dattilo was ordained and installed as the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg January 26, 1990, in Saint Patrick Cathedral.
Born on March 8, 1932, the Most Reverend Nicholas C. Dattilo is a native of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and attended Mahoning Grade School, New Castle, before attending Saint Fidelis Seminary High School and Jr. College. His seminary education continued at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe and Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia.
Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh by Bishop (later Cardinal) John Dearden on May 31, 1958, Bishop Dattilo served as parochial vicar at Saint Patrick, Canonsburg, until 1971 when he was appointed pastor of Madonna del Castello, Swissvale, and Vicar for Religious Women. In 1981, Bishop Dattilo was appointed pastor of Saint Vitus, New Castle. In 1985, he was appointed Secretary for Clergy and in 1987 named General Secretary and Vicar General.
Bishop Dattilo was named the eighth Bishop of Harrisburg on November 21, 1989 by Pope John Paul II and ordained to the Episcopacy on January 26, 1990.

Priest, Diocese of Pittsburg, 1958-1989.
Eighth Bishop, Diocese of Harrisburg, 1989-2004.
Nicholas C. Dattilo was ordained and installed as the eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg January 26, 1990, in Saint Patrick Cathedral.
Born on March 8, 1932, the Most Reverend Nicholas C. Dattilo is a native of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and attended Mahoning Grade School, New Castle, before attending Saint Fidelis Seminary High School and Jr. College. His seminary education continued at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe and Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia.
Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh by Bishop (later Cardinal) John Dearden on May 31, 1958, Bishop Dattilo served as parochial vicar at Saint Patrick, Canonsburg, until 1971 when he was appointed pastor of Madonna del Castello, Swissvale, and Vicar for Religious Women. In 1981, Bishop Dattilo was appointed pastor of Saint Vitus, New Castle. In 1985, he was appointed Secretary for Clergy and in 1987 named General Secretary and Vicar General.
Bishop Dattilo was named the eighth Bishop of Harrisburg on November 21, 1989 by Pope John Paul II and ordained to the Episcopacy on January 26, 1990.

Priest, Diocese of Pittsburg, 1958-1989.
Eighth Bishop, Diocese of Harrisburg, 1989-2004.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement