Charles Pasquale Greco
Charles Pasquale Greco was an Catholic Church in [the United States|American Catholic] prelate who served as Roman Catholic [Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana|bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana] from 1946 to 1973.
Biography
Early life
Charles Greco was born on October 29, 1894, in Rodney, Mississippi, to Italian immigrants, Frank and Carmela Greco.He attended St. Joseph Seminary in Covington, Louisiana, before studying at the American College at Louvain in Belgium and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.Greco was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop John Shaw on July 25, 1918. Greco served as vicar general of the archdiocese and pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Orleans.
Bishop of Alexandria
On January 15, 1946, Greco was appointed the sixth bishop of Alexandria by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on February 25, 1946, from Archbishop Joseph Rummel, with Bishops Richard Gerow and Thomas Toolen serving as co-consecrators.During his tenure, Greco established 33 parishes, over 125 churches and chapels, 100 convents and rectories, and sevem health-care facilities. In 1954, he also founded St. Mary's Residential Training School in Clarks, Louisiana, and Holy Angels Residential Facility for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Shreveport, Louisiana.He was named supreme chaplain of the national Knights of Columbus in 1961.
He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965.