Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro

Secretary Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Titular Archbishop of Trecalae

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1948		Born
1971²	22.9	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Los Angeles, California, USA
27 May 1972	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA
Sep 1987³	39.6	Incardinated	Priest of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
31 Mar 2015	67.2	Appointed	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
28 Jun 2015	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
25 Feb 2020	72.1	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
25 Feb 2020	72.1	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Trecalae
25 Feb 2020	72.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy
15 Feb 2023	75.0	Ceased	Secretary of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches
19 Jun 2023	75.4	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro
(VIAF: 305323187; WikiData: Q19723463)
Archbishop Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro (born 16 Jan 1948) Secretary Emeritus of Eastern Churches

Event Place
Birth Place Pozzallo, Diocese of Noto, Italy
Ordained Priest Saint Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California, USA
Ordained Bishop San Demetrio Megalomartire, Cathedral, Piana degli Albanesi, Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Timothy Finbar Manning †
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Donato Oliverio
Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicholas James Samra
Bishop of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Dimitrios Salachas †
Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Donato Oliverio (2012)
Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)
Bishop Ercole Lupinacci † (1981)
Bishop Emeritus of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)
Bishop Giovanni Stamati † (1967)
Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)
Bishop Giovanni Mele † (1919)
Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi (Italo-Albanese)
Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos † (1912)
Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis
Archbishop Michel Miroff (Mirov) † (1907)
Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis
Bishop Mihail Petkov † (1883)
Titular Bishop of Hebron
Archbishop Nilo Isvoroff †
Bishop

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rami Flaviano Al-Kabalan (2020)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Pozzallo, Diocese of Noto, Italy
Ordained Priest	Saint Vibiana, Cathedral, Los Angeles, CA, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California, USA
Ordained Bishop	San Demetrio Megalomartire, Cathedral, Piana degli Albanesi, Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 Mar 2015
inca: CB, 31 Mar 2015
ob: CB, 2 Apr 2015
c2+: CB, 10 Apr 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 223, Number 18,511
opd/c1: CB, 24 Feb 2020
ab: Bollettino, 25 Feb 2020
ab: CB, 28 Feb 2020
4t30: CB, 1 Apr 2020
op.loc: CB, 25 Oct 2022

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