Giacinto Longhin


Giacinto Longhin

Bishop of Treviso
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseTreviso
SeeTreviso
Appointed16 April 1904
Installed6 August 1904
Term ended26 June 1936
PredecessorGiuseppe Apollonio
SuccessorAntonio Mantiero
Other post(s)Titular Archbishop of Patræ (1928-36)
Previous post(s)Apostolic Administrator of Udine (1927–28)
Orders
Ordination19 June 1886
by Domenico Agostini
Consecration17 April 1904
by Rafael Merry del Val
RankArchbishop ("ad personam")
Personal details
Born
Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin

(1863-11-22)22 November 1863
Fiumicello di Campodarsego, Padua, Kingdom of Italy
Died26 June 1936(1936-06-26) (aged 72)
Treviso, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedTreviso Cathedral
Sainthood
Feast day26 June
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Title as SaintBishop
Beatified20 October 2002
Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
by Pope John Paul II
Attributes
PatronageDiocese of Treviso
ShrinesOur Lady of Morning Star Parish Church, Indang, Cavite
Ordination history of
Giacinto Longhin
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byDomenico Agostini
Date19 June 1886
PlaceVenice, Kingdom of Italy
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorRafael Merry del Val
Co-consecratorsGiuseppe Maria Costantini
Francesco Sogaro
Date17 April 1904
PlaceChiesa di Trinità dei Monti, Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Giacinto Longhin as principal consecrator
Eugenio Beccegato17 June 1917
Carlo Agostini10 April 1932

Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin (22 November 1863 – 26 June 1936) - in religious Andrea di Campodarsego - was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin who served as the Bishop of Treviso from 1904 until his death.[1][2] Longhin held various roles of leadership within his order following his ordination such as acting as a teacher in Udine and acting as the Provincial Minister for his order. He became close friends with Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, Cardinal Patriarch of Venice. The latter became Pope Pius X (canonized on 29 May 1954) in 1903 who made his old friend Longhin the new head for the vacant Treviso episcopal see.[2][3]

The bishop became noted for his devotion to pastoral reform initiatives that sought to strengthen the spiritual formation for seminarians and ongoing formation for the diocesan priests.[1] He likewise undertook three separate pastoral visits because he wanted to meet all his parishioners in each parish encompassing the diocese. He was active in organizing and collaborating in relief initiatives during World War I and was even awarded the Cross of Merit for his activism.[2][3]

His death prompted widespread calls for the beatification cause to be initialized. This cause materialized in 1964 and resulted in the declaration that the late bishop was Venerable in 1998 after Pope John Paul II confirmed his heroic virtue. John Paul II later beatified Longhin in 2002 in Saint Peter's Square after the 1964 cure of a man with peritonitis was approved as a miraculous intervention from Longhin.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c "Blessed Andrea Giacinto Longhin". Saints SQPN. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Andre Hyacinth Longhin (1863-1936)". Holy See. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b Steven Wood. "Bl. Andrea Giacinto Longhin". Retrieved 20 December 2017.