Giuseppe Agostino

Giuseppe Agostino ( born November 25, 1928 in Reggio Calabria, Italy, † March 24, 2014 in Cosenza) was Archbishop of Cosenza - Bisignano.

Life

Giuseppe Agostino received after studying theology and philosophy in the seminary of Rende on 15 July 1951, the ordination. He was pastor of Villa San Giovanni. Archbishop Giovanni Ferro appointed him Vicar General of the Archdiocese in 1973 Reggio Calabria.

Pope Paul VI. appointed him on 21 December 1973 Archbishop of Santa Severina and Bishop of Crotone. He received his episcopal consecration of the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria, Giovanni Ferro CRS, on 11 February 1974 Were co-consecrators Antonio Mauro, Vice President of the Secretariat for Non-Believers and Santo Bergamo, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina.

Following the unification of the Diocese of Crotone with the Archdiocese of Santa Severina, he was appointed on 30 September 1986 as Archbishop of the new Archdiocese of Crotone - Santa Severina. On June 6, 1998, he was appointed Archbishop of Cosenza - Bisignano. He was President of the Episcopal Conference of Calabria and Vice- President of the Italian Bishops' Conference CEI.

On 18 December 2004 John Paul II accepted his resignation and appointed him age-related up to the inauguration of his successor on 25 February 2005 as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese.

Giuseppe Agostino initiated the process of beatification for Joachim of Fiore and the canonization process for Gaetano Mauro.