San Giuseppe da Copertino explained

San Giuseppe da Copertino
Fullname:Church of Saint Joseph of Cupertino
Native Name:Chiesa di San Giuseppe da Copertino
Native Name Lang:it
Pushpin Map:Rome
Pushpin Label Position:top
Coordinates:41.8167°N 12.4843°W
Location:Via dei Genieri 12, Giuliano-Dalmata, Rome
Country:Italy
Language(S):Italian
Denomination:Catholic
Tradition:Roman Rite
Former Names:-->
Status:titular church, parish church
Dedication:Joseph of Cupertino
Earlydedication:Mark the Evangelist
Consecrated Date:1956
Functional Status:active
Groundbreaking:1951
Completed Date:1956

San Giuseppe da Copertino is a 20th-century parochial church and titular church in southern Rome, dedicated to Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603–1663).[1]

History

The church was built in 1951–56, originally as the first parish church of San Marco in Agro Laurentino. A new church on a different site was opened for that parish in 1972, and the old one became a dependency.

The church became a parish church again in 1979, and the dedication changed to Joseph of Cupertino, because the parish had been given to the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. However, they gave it up in 2001 and the parish is now run by diocesan clergy.

On 14 February 2015, Pope Francis made it a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest.[2]

Cardinal-protectors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gazzetta ufficiale della Repubblica italiana. Parte prima, serie generale. September 1, 1986. Istituto poligrafico e zecca dello Stato. Google Books.
  2. Web site: la Nostra Storia . Parrocchia San Giuseppe da Cupertino . 2 September 2022 .
  3. Web site: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali . 14 February 2015 . . . it . Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals . 2 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170703120126/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2015/documents/ns_lit_doc_20150214_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html . 3 July 2017 . live.
  4. Web site: Todo sobre los cardenales (a 28 junio 2018). Ecclesia Revista . 28 June 2018 .
  5. Web site: Lacunza toma posesión como cardenal de la iglesia romana San José de Cupertino . 2 September 2022 . La Prensa Panamá. October 18, 2015 .