Charles Pasquale Greco


Charles Pasquale Greco
Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseAlexandria in Louisiana
PredecessorDaniel Francis Desmond
SuccessorLawrence Preston Joseph Graves
Orders
OrdinationJuly 25, 1918
by John Shaw
ConsecrationFebruary 25, 1947
by Joseph Rummel
Personal details
Born(1894-10-29)October 29, 1894
DiedJanuary 20, 1987(1987-01-20) (aged 92)
EducationSt. Joseph Seminary
American College at Louvain

Charles Pasquale Greco (October 29, 1894 – January 20, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana from 1946 to 1973.

Greco also served as the supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus from 1961 to 1987.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Bishop Charles P. Greco" (PDF). Louisiana Ladies Auxiliary Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Kauffman, Christopher J. (1982). Faith and Fraternalism: The History of the Knights of Columbus, 1882–1982. Harper and Row. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-06-014940-6.