Irzio Luigi Magliacani

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Irzio Luigi Magliacani O.F.M. Cap.
Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Dium
See	Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia
In office	23 October 1948 to 04 November 1969
Predecessor	Giovanni Battista Tirinanzi, OFM Cap.
Successor	Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, OFM Cap.
Orders
Ordination	20 March 1915[1]
Consecration	28 May 1950 by Elia Cardinal Dalla Costa
Personal details
Birth name	Irzio Luigi Magliacani
Born	(1892-02-16)February 16, 1892 Castel del Piano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.
Died	March 15, 1976(1976-03-15) (aged 84)
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Catholic

Styles of Irzio Luigi Magliacani
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend Monsignor
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Irzio Luigi Magliacani OFM Cap. (February 16, 1892 - March 15, 1976) was an Italian Bishop and Missionary who served as the Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 23 October 1948 to 04 November 1969, he also served as the Titular Bishop of Dium. He was the last Vicar of Arabia who had his Cathedra (throne) in Aden.^[2]

Life[]

In March of 1915, Magliacani was ordained to the priesthood and became Capuchin; soon after his ordination, he was transferred to Agra in 1920; as the mission in Arabia required more personnel, he was transferred to Aden in 1939. In October of 1948, right after World War 2, Pope Pius XII appointed him as the Apostolic Administrator of Arabia after the resignation of Msgr. Tirinanzi.^[3] On the 25th of December 1949, he was nominated as Titular Bishop of Dium and The Apostolic Vicar of Arabia. He was consecrated as a bishop by the Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, in Florence on the 28th of May 1950.^[4]

Magliacani was quick to assess the situation following World War 2 and fulfilled the urgent requirement for churches and personnel in Somalia, Yemen, and Bahrain; by this time in the 1950s, as the nations in the Persian Gulf were striking oil, Magliacani saw the rising prominence of the mission in Bahrain. During these years, events in South Yemen were taking a turn for the worse after the British left Aden in 1967, and Communists soon took control.^[5]

In 1962, land was donated by the Sheikhs in the Emirates to the Catholic Church and soon St. Joseph's Church in Abu Dhabi and St. Mary's Church in Dubai were built. In the same year Magliacani attended The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, he took part in all the four periods of the council as a .^[6]

On November 4, 1969, Irzio Luigi Maglacani resigned as Apostolic Vicar of Arabia.^[7]

Msgr. Magliacani with Priests of the Vicariate

Death[]

He died on March 15, 1976. (presumably in Grosseto)

References[]

1. ^ "Apostolic Vicars: Bishops accredited to Bahrain". Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia.
2. ^ "'File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)' [8v] (16/132)". Qatar Digital Library. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
3. ^ "'File 28/10 (a) War. Foreigners, Anti-British Activities, etc. Father Irzio Luigi Magliacani (Roman Catholic Priest in Bahrain)'". Qatar Digital Library. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
4. ^ Piemonte, Curia Generalizia dei Frati Minori Cappuccini Via; fax +39 06 4828267, 70 00187 Roma ITALIA tel +39 06 42011710 +39 335 1641820. "Vicariate in Arabia celebrates 100th Anniversary of Tuscan Capuchin Presence". www.ofmcap.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
5. ^ Builders of the Church in Arabia, retrieved 2021-04-05
6. ^ "Bishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
7. ^ "Welcome to AVONA (Apostolic Vicars: Bishops accredited to Bahrain)". www.avona.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.