Anthony G. Bosco

Anthony Gerard Bosco ( born August 1, 1927 in New Castle, † July 2, 2013 in Greensburg ) was Bishop of Greensburg.

Life

Anthony Gerard Bosco studied philosophy and Catholic theology at St. Fidelis Seminary in Butler County and Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe. On 7 June 1952 he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. At the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, he completed a degree in canon law. From 1957 he worked in pastoral care in Pittsburgh. He was called by Pope Paul VI in 1968. appointed Monsignor. He was chaplain of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh and chaplain of the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters in Ross Township.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him titular bishop on 14 May 1970 in Labicum and Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal John Joseph Wright ordained him on June 30th of the same year the bishop; Co-consecrators were Leonard Vincent Martin, Bishop of Pittsburgh, and John Bernard McDowell, Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh.

On April 2, 1987 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of Greensburg and introduced into the office on June 30th of the same year. On January 2, 2004 Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation due to age.

He is the namesake of the The Bishop Anthony G. Bosco Center in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.