Benedict D. Coscia
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The Most Reverend Benedict D. Coscia, O.F.M. |
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| Bishop emeritus of Jataí | |
| Province | Goiânia |
| See | Jataí |
| Appointed | 8 June 1961 |
| Term ended | 24 February 1999 |
| Predecessor | Abel Ribeiro Camelo |
| Successor | Miguel Pedro Mundo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 16 September 1949 |
| Consecration | 21 September 1961 by Bryan Joseph McEntegart |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 August 1922 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | 30 April 2008 Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil |
| Buried | Catedral Divino Espirito Santo, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil |
| Parents | John & Angela Coscia |
Benedict D. Coscia, O.F.M. (Portuguese: Benedito Domingos Coscia, (10 August 1922 − 30 April 2008) was an American Capuchin friar and a Roman Catholic bishop.
He was born Vito Coscia in Brooklyn, New York, in 1922 and baptized at the Church of Our Lady, Help of Christians, on Staten Island. He attended Public School 104 in the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn for his elementary education (1928-1935) and then Immaculata High School in Manhattan (1935-1939). After graduation, he enrolled at St. Francis College in Brooklyn.
Coscia then felt called to enter the Franciscans. He was admitted as a candidate for Holy Name Province, based in New York City, and entered St. Joseph Seraphic Seminary in Callicoon, New York, where he was admitted to the novitiate and given the religious name of Dominic Coscia. He made his initial profession of religious vows on December 8, 1943. He was then sent to complete his college studies at St. Bonaventure College (1943-1945), followed by seminary studies at Holy Name College in Washington, D.C. (1945-1949). During this same period, he earned a Masters degree in Latin American History (1945-1948). He was ordained to the prieshood on November 6, 1949.
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