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Rev. Mario Joseph Conti
K.C.H.S., Ph.L., S.T.L., D.D., F.R.S.E.
Archbishop of Glasgow
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Mario Joseph
Conti, son of Louis Joseph Conti and
Josephine Quintilia Conti (ms Panicali)
was born at Elgin, Moray, 20th March
1934. He was educated at St Marie’s
Convent, Elgin and Springfield School,
Elgin and entered the Minor Seminary
of St Mary’s College, Blairs.
He was then, in 1952, sent by Bishop
Francis Walsh to the Scots College,
Rome, to study for the priesthood
for the Diocese of Aberdeen. |
He gained a Licence
in Philosophy in 1955 and also in
Theology in 1959 both from the Gregorian
University, Rome. He was ordained
Priest in the Church of San Marcello
al Corso, Rome, by Archbishop Luigi
Traglia on 26th October 1958. |
After completing
his studies in 1959, he was appointed
Assistant Priest, St Mary’s
Cathedral, Aberdeen, where he remained
until he was appointed Parish Priest
of St Joachim’s, Wick and St
Anne’s, Thurso in 1962. He was
nominated Bishop of Aberdeen on 28th
February 1977, was ordained bishop
by His Eminence Gordon Cardinal Gray,
Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh,
at Aberdeen on 3rd May 1977. |
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Conti is currently a member of the Pontifical
Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.
He is President of the
Commission for Christian Doctrine and Unity
of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland
and also of their Heritage Commission. The
Archbishop is also a member of the Catholic
Bishops’ Joint Committee for Bio-Ethics
and also of the Central Council of ACTS
(Action of Churches Together in Scotland)
and is a President of CTBI (Churches Together
in Britain and Ireland). |
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honours: |
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Commendatore nell’Ordine
al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, 1981.
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Honorary D.D. (University of
Aberdeen), 1989. |
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He is
a Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order
of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and a
Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
Rhodes and Malta, 1991; Principal Chaplain
to the British Association of the Order
of Malta, 1995-2000. |
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He is also a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh. |
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Aberdeen
University appointed Archbishop Conti as
an Honorary Professor of Theology, 2002 |
He was appointed Archbishop of Glasgow
by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on January
15th 2002 and took possession of the Archdiocese
on Friday 22nd February 2002 in Saint
Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow.
Pope John Paul II bestowed the Pallium
on Archbishop Conti on 29th June 2004,
the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
On 2nd May 2007, Archbishop Conti was
awarded the title Grande Ufficiale della
Stella Solidarieta' Italiana by the President
of Italy.
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