Mario Conti

Mario Joseph Conti ( born March 20, 1934 in Elgin, Scotland) is a retired Archbishop of Glasgow.

Life

Conti studied for his school years at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome and was ordained by Cardinal Luigi Traglia on 26 October 1958 a priest. From 1962 to 1977, Mario Joseph Conti worked as a priest in Caithness.

On February 28, 1977 Pope Paul VI appointed him. Bishop of Aberdeen. The episcopal ordination took place on 3 May of that year by Cardinal Gordon Gray. Pope John Paul II convened on 15 January 2002 Conti Archbishop of Glasgow. A position he took up on 22 February of the same year.

Archbishop Conti is a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. He is since 2010 a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem, whose Grand Officer and since 2013 Grand Prior of the Scottish Lieutenancy.

On July 24, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. be pre- attached for reasons of age resignation to.