Mario Conti
Catholic archbishop (1934–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mario Joseph Conti (20 March 1934 – 8 November 2022) was a Scottish Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of the Metropolitan see of Glasgow, Scotland between 2002 and his retirement in 2012. Ordained to the priesthood in 1958, Conti spent most of his life in the service of the Church, being consecrated Bishop of Aberdeen in 1977 where he served until his appointment to Glasgow.
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Archbishop of Glasgow | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Glasgow |
Appointed | 15 January 2002 |
Installed | 22 February 2002[1] |
Term ended | 24 July 2012 |
Predecessor | Thomas Joseph Winning |
Successor | Philip Tartaglia |
Orders | |
Ordination | 26 October 1958 (Priest) by Luigi Traglia |
Consecration | 3 May 1977 (Bishop) by Gordon Joseph Gray |
Personal details | |
Born | Mario Joseph Conti (1934-03-20)20 March 1934 |
Died | 8 November 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 88) Glasgow, Scotland |
Buried | St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow |
Parents | Louis Joseph Conti and Josephine Quintilia Conti (née Panicali) |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Aberdeen (1977–2002) |
Motto | Sincero corde servire |
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Conti died in November 2022 after what was reported as a ‘short illness’ in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.