Born in Parghelia, Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, Italy, Father Dominic Landro was ordained priest in 1882 and left his native Italy to minister to the Italian immigrants in America in 1890.
Settling in the Diocese of Scranton in 1894, succeeding Fr. Peter Bondi as pastor of the Italian Colony of Scranton, he initiated the Italian Catholic Society, a benevolent society to assist families in need due to illnesses or death and under his leadership, the Italian Colony in Scranton outgrew St. Aloysius chapel at St. Thomas College (now the University of Scranton) and moved to its new home on Chestnut St. (today St. Frances Cabrini Ave.) in West Scranton. Again under his untiring leadership, the Italian Colony of Scranton became St. Lucy's church in 1901, the Mother Italian church of the Diocese of Scranton.
Travelling to Wellsboro, Elkland, Williamsport, Hazleton and other areas where Italians had settled, in 1901 he was transferred to Hazleton from which he continued to minister throughout the diocese when called upon.
While in Scranton, he organized the Italians immigrants into communities that became: Saint Mary in Old Forge; Saint Anthony in Freeland; Mother of Sorrows in Williamsport; St. Mary Assumption in Jessup; St Mary in Lattimer Mines; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carbondale; St. Anthony in Dunmore; and Our Lady of Heaven, Most Precious Blood, Holy Rosary and Mother of Sorrows in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Father Landro also helped smaller Italian communities integrate into existing territorial parishes.
In 1906, Father Landro was transferred back to St. Lucy's as its sixth pastor, staying until 1908 when he returned to Hazleton as pastor of Most Precious Blood Church. Father Landro died on March 27, 1929 aged 68. Funeral arrangements were made by the Turnback Funeral Home and Solemn High Funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Thomas C. O'Rielly D.D., Bishop of Scranton. Many priests and laity were in attendance. Father Landro was laid to rest in St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazelton, Pennsylvania.
Settling in the Diocese of Scranton in 1894, succeeding Fr. Peter Bondi as pastor of the Italian Colony of Scranton, he initiated the Italian Catholic Society, a benevolent society to assist families in need due to illnesses or death and under his leadership, the Italian Colony in Scranton outgrew St. Aloysius chapel at St. Thomas College (now the University of Scranton) and moved to its new home on Chestnut St. (today St. Frances Cabrini Ave.) in West Scranton. Again under his untiring leadership, the Italian Colony of Scranton became St. Lucy's church in 1901, the Mother Italian church of the Diocese of Scranton.
Travelling to Wellsboro, Elkland, Williamsport, Hazleton and other areas where Italians had settled, in 1901 he was transferred to Hazleton from which he continued to minister throughout the diocese when called upon.
While in Scranton, he organized the Italians immigrants into communities that became: Saint Mary in Old Forge; Saint Anthony in Freeland; Mother of Sorrows in Williamsport; St. Mary Assumption in Jessup; St Mary in Lattimer Mines; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carbondale; St. Anthony in Dunmore; and Our Lady of Heaven, Most Precious Blood, Holy Rosary and Mother of Sorrows in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Father Landro also helped smaller Italian communities integrate into existing territorial parishes.
In 1906, Father Landro was transferred back to St. Lucy's as its sixth pastor, staying until 1908 when he returned to Hazleton as pastor of Most Precious Blood Church. Father Landro died on March 27, 1929 aged 68. Funeral arrangements were made by the Turnback Funeral Home and Solemn High Funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Thomas C. O'Rielly D.D., Bishop of Scranton. Many priests and laity were in attendance. Father Landro was laid to rest in St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazelton, Pennsylvania.
Born in Parghelia, Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, Italy, Father Dominic Landro was ordained priest in 1882 and left his native Italy to minister to the Italian immigrants in America in 1890.
Settling in the Diocese of Scranton in 1894, succeeding Fr. Peter Bondi as pastor of the Italian Colony of Scranton, he initiated the Italian Catholic Society, a benevolent society to assist families in need due to illnesses or death and under his leadership, the Italian Colony in Scranton outgrew St. Aloysius chapel at St. Thomas College (now the University of Scranton) and moved to its new home on Chestnut St. (today St. Frances Cabrini Ave.) in West Scranton. Again under his untiring leadership, the Italian Colony of Scranton became St. Lucy's church in 1901, the Mother Italian church of the Diocese of Scranton.
Travelling to Wellsboro, Elkland, Williamsport, Hazleton and other areas where Italians had settled, in 1901 he was transferred to Hazleton from which he continued to minister throughout the diocese when called upon.
While in Scranton, he organized the Italians immigrants into communities that became: Saint Mary in Old Forge; Saint Anthony in Freeland; Mother of Sorrows in Williamsport; St. Mary Assumption in Jessup; St Mary in Lattimer Mines; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carbondale; St. Anthony in Dunmore; and Our Lady of Heaven, Most Precious Blood, Holy Rosary and Mother of Sorrows in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Father Landro also helped smaller Italian communities integrate into existing territorial parishes.
In 1906, Father Landro was transferred back to St. Lucy's as its sixth pastor, staying until 1908 when he returned to Hazleton as pastor of Most Precious Blood Church. Father Landro died on March 27, 1929 aged 68. Funeral arrangements were made by the Turnback Funeral Home and Solemn High Funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Thomas C. O'Rielly D.D., Bishop of Scranton. Many priests and laity were in attendance. Father Landro was laid to rest in St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazelton, Pennsylvania.
Settling in the Diocese of Scranton in 1894, succeeding Fr. Peter Bondi as pastor of the Italian Colony of Scranton, he initiated the Italian Catholic Society, a benevolent society to assist families in need due to illnesses or death and under his leadership, the Italian Colony in Scranton outgrew St. Aloysius chapel at St. Thomas College (now the University of Scranton) and moved to its new home on Chestnut St. (today St. Frances Cabrini Ave.) in West Scranton. Again under his untiring leadership, the Italian Colony of Scranton became St. Lucy's church in 1901, the Mother Italian church of the Diocese of Scranton.
Travelling to Wellsboro, Elkland, Williamsport, Hazleton and other areas where Italians had settled, in 1901 he was transferred to Hazleton from which he continued to minister throughout the diocese when called upon.
While in Scranton, he organized the Italians immigrants into communities that became: Saint Mary in Old Forge; Saint Anthony in Freeland; Mother of Sorrows in Williamsport; St. Mary Assumption in Jessup; St Mary in Lattimer Mines; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Carbondale; St. Anthony in Dunmore; and Our Lady of Heaven, Most Precious Blood, Holy Rosary and Mother of Sorrows in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Father Landro also helped smaller Italian communities integrate into existing territorial parishes.
In 1906, Father Landro was transferred back to St. Lucy's as its sixth pastor, staying until 1908 when he returned to Hazleton as pastor of Most Precious Blood Church. Father Landro died on March 27, 1929 aged 68. Funeral arrangements were made by the Turnback Funeral Home and Solemn High Funeral Mass was celebrated by Bishop Thomas C. O'Rielly D.D., Bishop of Scranton. Many priests and laity were in attendance. Father Landro was laid to rest in St. Gabriel's Cemetery, Hazelton, Pennsylvania.
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