1. James Alberione, SSP, was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St Paul, of the Daughters of St Paul, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd, of the Sisters of Mary Queen of the Apostles, and other religious institutes, which form the Pauline Family.
The James Alberione family, made up of Michael James Alberione, Teresa Allocco and their six children, were farmers.
James Alberione was the fourth son of a peasant family and had a more delicate physical constitution than his brothers.
At the age of sixteen, James Alberione entered the seminary of Alba, Piedmont, financially aided by his uncle James Alberione, his godfather from whom his name is derived.
James Alberione founded a total of ten religious congregations, aggregated institutes, and lay cooperators.
James Alberione served during the Second Vatican Council as a peritus, participating in the private sessions during which the decrees of the Council were formed and shaped, for the approval of the Council Fathers in full session.
James Alberione died of natural causes on 26 November 1971 in the Generalate House of the Society in Rome.
James Alberione had received a personal visit by Pope Paul VI an hour before he died.
James Alberione was buried in the sub-crypt of the Basilica of Mary Queen of the Apostles in Rome.
The pope said, during his homily for the ceremony, said that James Alberione left "a formidable heritage".
James Alberione used modern means of mass communication to spread his message.