18 Facts About Giuseppe Carraro

Giuseppe Carraro was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Verona from 1958 until his retirement in 1978.

Giuseppe Carraro served as the Bishop of Vittorio Veneto until his transferral to the see of Verona.

Giuseppe Carraro was considered a man of holiness and this allowed for his cause of beatification to be introduced in 2005 at which stage he was referred to as a Servant of God.

Giuseppe Carraro now has the posthumous title of Venerable after Pope Francis - in 2015 - confirmed his heroic virtue.

Giuseppe Carraro was born in Mira on 26 June 1899 to Sebastiano Carraro and Clotilde Pizzati and was baptized with the name Giovanni Giuseppe Moise.

In 1910 Father Eugenio Dorigon suggested to his parents that he commence his studies for the priesthood since Giuseppe Carraro had just finished school at that time.

Giuseppe Carraro continued his studies in Padua and received a degree in natural sciences.

Giuseppe Carraro met Elia Dalla Costa - future cardinal and Venerable.

Giuseppe Carraro became rector in 1944 as the replacement of Vittorio Alessi and worked to ensure that seminarians grew from a cultural and spiritual perspective.

Giuseppe Carraro received his episcopal consecration on 1 November 1952 from Bishop Antonio Mantiero.

Giuseppe Carraro took as his episcopal motto "Vince in bono".

Giuseppe Carraro partook in all sessions of the Second Vatican Council and partook in the 1967 and 1974 Synods of Bishops at the behest of Pope Paul VI.

Giuseppe Carraro resigned from his position in mid-1978 prior to turning 75 as canon law dictated.

Giuseppe Carraro served as a co-consecrator for the consecration of Giulio Bevilacqua.

Giuseppe Carraro died on 30 December 1980 and was buried in the diocesan cathedral.

Giuseppe Carraro had spent his retirement on the hill of San Fidenzio.

Giuseppe Carraro was declared to be venerable on 16 July 2015 after Pope Francis had confirmed that he lived a life of heroic virtue.

Bisoli accused Giuseppe Carraro of having once attempted to sodomize him with a banana.