Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro

Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (born 16 January 1948) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and given the rank of archbishop on 25 February 2020. He was the Bishop of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi, a diocese of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church in Sicily, Italy from 2015 to 2020.

Most Reverend

Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro
Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Appointed25 February 2020
PredecessorCyril Vasiľ
Orders
Ordination22 May 1972
Consecration28 June 2015
Personal details
Born (1948-01-16) 16 January 1948
Pozzallo, Italy
NationalityAlbanian-Italian
DenominationItalo-Albanian Catholic
Previous postBishop of Piana degli Albanesi (2015–2020)
Coat of arms

Biography

Gallaro was born in Pozzallo, Sicily, on 16 January 1948. He began his studies in preparation for the priesthood in the seminary of Noto, he moved to Los Angeles where he studied at St. John's Seminary and was ordained a priest in 1972. He then worked for eight years as a parish priest in two parishes of the Eastern Rite in Los Angeles. He then studied in Rome at the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome and at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, obtaining his doctorate in canonical eastern law and a licenciate in ecumenical theology.[1]

He then carried out parish and teaching activities in the Melkite Eparchy of Newton, Massachusetts, in the Ukrainian Eparchy of Stamford, Connecticut, and in the Ruthenian Archieparchy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Beginning in 2011 he was Vice-President of the Society of Oriental Law. In 2013 he was named a consultor to the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. He continued to hold several other positions, including sincello for canonical affairs and judicial vicar in the Archieparchy of Pittsburgh, professor of canon law and ecumenical theology at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Pittsburgh, and judge of appeal for the Philadelphia Archieparchy of the Ukrainians.[1]

On 31 March 2015 he was named by Pope Francis to the bishopric of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi.[1][2] He was consecrated a bishop on 28 June by the bishop of Lungro Donato Oliverio as principal consecrator, and the bishops Dimitrios Salachas and Nicholas James Samra as co-consecrators.

On 25 February 2020, Pope Francis appointed him secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and gave him the rank of archbishop.[3]

References
  1. "Rinunce e nomine, 31.03.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. "Don Giorgio Gallaro Nuovo vescovo di Piana degli Albanesi". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. "Rinunce e nomine, 25.02.2020" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Sotir Ferrara		 Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi
31 March 2015 - 25 February 2020		 Vacant
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