Salvatore Colombo
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Pietro Salvatore Monsignor Colombo | |
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Monsignor Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadiscio |
Province | Somalia |
Metropolis | Somalia |
See | Subject to the Holy See |
Elected | 20 November 1975 |
In office | 9 July 1989 |
Successor | Bishop Giorgio Bertin, OFM |
Orders | |
Ordination | 06 April 1946 by Bishop Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster |
Consecration | 23 May 1968 by Bishop Giovanni Colombo |
Rank | Bishop-Priest |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Pietro Salvatore Colombo |
Born | Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy | 28 October 1922
Died | 9 July 1989 Mogadishu, Somalia | (aged 66)
Buried | Mogadishu Cathedral(Original) Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua(Current) 2°02′09″N 45°20′30″E / 2.0358°N 45.3416°E(Original)45°24′05″N 11°52′51″E / 45.4014°N 11.8808°E(Current) |
Nationality | Italian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Residence | Somalia |
Parents | Luigi Colombo (father) Ernestina Farina(mother) |
Alma mater | St.Anthony's Convent of Franciscan Friars |
Pietro Salvatore Colombo, OFM (October 28, 1922 - 9 July 1989) was the Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Mogadiscio (Somalia) from 1976 until his assassination.
Biography[]
Colombo was born in Carate Brianza, near Milan. He served the people of Somalia from 1946, after he had been ordained a priest in Milan, Italy, until his death 43 years later. He was appointed as the first Bishop of Mogadishu in 1975, and ordained as Bishop of Mogadishu on 16 March 1976.[1]
Bishop Colombo was well regarded by non-Catholics, whether Muslim or secular. Bishop Colombo was known for his pragmatic oversight of aid projects, making sure that aid projects could operate after the foreign aid workers went home. The government of President Siad Barre did not tolerate proselytizing, but was comfortable with the humanitarian aid dispensed by the Church.[2]
Bishop Colombo was killed in his cathedral by an unknown assassin. President Barre blamed radical Islamists and offered a bounty for their capture.[3]
No bishop has been appointed for Mogadishu since Monsignor Colombo's death. Currently, the welfare of Catholics in Somalia is overseen by the Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, Dr. , OFM, who is also the Bishop of Djibouti.
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ "Safirka: Envoy to Somalia". Peter Bridges American Diplomacy, Volume III, No.2, 1998
- ^ Religious Freedom in the Majority Islamic Countries, 1998 Report, Aid to the Church in Need, Alleanza Cattolica
- 1922 births
- 1989 deaths
- Murder in 1989
- Italian Roman Catholic bishops in Africa
- Italian expatriates in Somalia
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Somalia
- English Friars Minor
- 20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
- People murdered in Somalia
- Italian people murdered abroad
- People from Brianza
- Roman Catholic bishops of Mogadishu