Giacinto Longhin

Blessed Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin (22 November 1863 – 26 June 1936) was an Italian Roman Catholic archbishop who led the Diocese of Treviso and was a member of the Capuchin order. He took the name of "Andrew of Campodarsego" when he entered the order.

He was beatified in 2002.^[1]

Biography

Giacinto Longhin was born in 1863 to Matteo Longhin and Giudetta Marin who were poor farmers. As a child he felt drawn to the priesthood and he entered the Order of Friars Minor despite the protests of his father. He took the name of "Andrew of Campodarsego" at the age of 16 on 27 August 1879. He studied in both Padua and Venice and made his solemn profession on 4 October 1883. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 June 1886.

Longhin taught at a Capuchin institution in Udine and was made a director of theological studies in Venice in 1891. He was also the Provincial Minister of his order in Venice from 18 April 1902 onwards where he came to the attention of the Patriarch of Venice Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto who would become Pope Pius X in 1903. Pius X made him the Bishop of Treviso in 1904 and he received episcopal consecration on 17 April 1904.

He was installed after his consecration with reform as his sole concern and he would travel to each parish to become close to the people. He reformed the seminaries to improve spiritual formation and to encourage vocations and also promoted retreats for spiritual renewal. He was also a friend of Leopold Mandic - future saint.

In World War I he remained in his diocese to minister to refugees as well as the wounded and the poor. He also restored parishes that had been ruined and was even awarded the Cross of Merit. After the war he worked with social movements and was made the Apostolic Visitor to Padua in 1923 at the direction of Pope Pius XI. He was also made the Apostolic Administrator of Udine.

He was promoted to the rank of Archbishop in 1928 and therefore was made the archbishop of his diocese. He continued to hold his post in Treviso and remained there until his death in 1936.^[2]

Beatification

The cause of beatification commenced on 15 December 1981 and started on a local level. The Positio - which documented his life of heroic virtue - was forwarded to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints for evaluation in 1993. Pope John Paul II proclaimed him to be Venerable on 21 December 1998 and later beatified him on 20 October 2002 after the approval of a miracle required for his beatification.^[3]

References

External links

• Hagiography Circle
• Saints SQPN
• Catholic Hierarchy