Anthony G. Bosco
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Anthony Gerard Bosco is a prelate
of the Catholic Church, currently the Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg. He was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg
from 1987 to 2004.
Raised on Pittsburgh's North Side, Bosco graduated from North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and attended St. Fidelis Seminary in Butler County
and St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe
. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh
on June 7, 1952.
Bosco held a variety of positions in the Pittsburgh chancery and was named a monsignor
in 1968. During part of that time, he was a chaplain and instructor at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. He was ordained a bishop for the Diocese of Pittsburgh on June 30, 1970, and served there as an auxiliary bishop until his appointment to the Diocese of Greensburg after Bishop Connare resigned.
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
of the Catholic Church, currently the Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg. He was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg
Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg
The Diocese of Greensburg is a Roman Catholic diocese centered in Greensburg, Pennsylvania that has 85 parishes in Armstrong, Fayette, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties in Western Pennsylvania. The diocese was founded on March 10, 1951, and is currently in the process of reorganization...
from 1987 to 2004.
Raised on Pittsburgh's North Side, Bosco graduated from North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and attended St. Fidelis Seminary in Butler County
Butler County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 174,083 people, 65,862 households, and 46,827 families residing in the county. The population density was 221 people per square mile . There were 69,868 housing units at an average density of 89 per square mile...
and St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Latrobe is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States, approximately southeast of Pittsburgh.The city population was 7,634 as of the 2000 census . It is located near the Pennsylvania's scenic Chestnut Ridge. Latrobe was incorporated as a borough in 1854, and as a city in 1999...
. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is a Roman Catholic diocese. It was established in Western Pennsylvania on August 11, 1843. The diocese includes 211 parishes in the counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington, an area of with a Catholic population of 719,801...
on June 7, 1952.
Bosco held a variety of positions in the Pittsburgh chancery and was named a monsignor
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
in 1968. During part of that time, he was a chaplain and instructor at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. He was ordained a bishop for the Diocese of Pittsburgh on June 30, 1970, and served there as an auxiliary bishop until his appointment to the Diocese of Greensburg after Bishop Connare resigned.