1. Filippo "Philip" Tartaglia was a Scottish prelate who served as a bishop of the Catholic Church.
20 Facts About Philip Tartaglia
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Philip Tartaglia served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow from 2012 until 2021.
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Philip Tartaglia was the eighth Archbishop of Glasgow since the re-establishment of the hierarchy in 1878 following the Reformation.
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Philip Tartaglia was described as a conservative in religious and moral issues.
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Philip Tartaglia was the eldest son of Guido and Annita Tartaglia, and had three brothers and five sisters.
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Philip Tartaglia attended minor seminary at St Vincent's College, Langbank and, later, St Mary's College, Blairs, near Aberdeen.
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Philip Tartaglia subsequently returned to Rome where he completed his ordinary course of studies in 1976, before beginning research for his doctorate in Sacred Theology.
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Philip Tartaglia was appointed dean of studies at the Scots College in Rome in 1978, and was acting vice-rector at that time.
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Philip Tartaglia concurrently held the position of extramural lecturer at St Peter's College, Newlands, Glasgow.
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Philip Tartaglia served as rector until 1993 when he was sent to St Patrick's, Dumbarton, as assistant priest before being appointed parish priest of St Mary's, Duntocher in 1995.
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Philip Tartaglia attacked UK law relating to the family in 2006.
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Philip Tartaglia was mooted by some commentators in 2008 as a possible successor to the see of Westminster.
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Philip Tartaglia was appointed the Archbishop of Glasgow on 24 July 2012, succeeding Archbishop Mario Conti.
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Philip Tartaglia received the pallium from Pope Francis at a Mass in St Peter's Basilica on 29 June 2013.
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Philip Tartaglia died on 13 January 2021, two days after his 70th birthday.
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Philip Tartaglia had been self-isolating at his home in Glasgow after testing positive for COVID-19 in late December 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
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Cairns's partner Dermot Kehoe criticised Philip Tartaglia for making a claim which was contradicted by the medical evidence, and for adding to the grief suffered by the family of the deceased.
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Philip Tartaglia accused Tartaglia of prejudice, homophobia and ignorance and called for him to apologise.
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Philip Tartaglia's arms are an allusion to the miracle of the loaves and fishes as recounted in the Gospel of Saint John.
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Philip Tartaglia's motto, taken from the Latin hymn O Salutaris Hostia by St Thomas Aquinas, is Da Robur, Fer Auxilium.