Joseph Maria Pernicone

Catholic bishop

Joseph Maria Pernicone
Auxiliary Bishop of New York
In office	1954-1978
Orders
Ordination	December 18, 1926
Consecration	May 5, 1954 by Francis Spellman, Joseph Francis Flannelly and Edward Vincent Dargin
Personal details
Born	(1903-11-04)November 4, 1903 Regalbuto, Sicily
Died	February 11, 1985(1985-02-11) (aged 81) Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx
Nationality	Italian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Salvatore and Petronilla (née Taverna) Pernicone
Education	Cathedral College
Alma mater	St. Joseph's Seminary

Joseph Maria Pernicone (November 4, 1903 – February 11, 1985) was an Italian-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1954 to 1978.

Biography

Early life

Joseph Pernicone was born on November 4, 1903, in Regalbuto, Sicily, to Salvatore and Petronilla (née Taverna) Pernicone. He received his early preparation for the priesthood at the seminaries in Nicosia and Catania in Italy.^[1] Pernicone immigrated to the United States in 1920. He continued his studies at Cathedral College in New York City and St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York.^[2]^[3]

Priesthood

Pernicone was ordained to the priesthood in New York City by Auxiliary Bishop John Joseph Dunn for the Archdiocese of New York on December 18, 1926.^[4] After his 1926 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Pernicone as curate at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Yonkers.^[1]

Several years later, Pernicone traveled to Washington, D.C. to study canon law as the Catholic University of America (CUA). In 1932, he earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the CUA School of Canon Law.^[1] After returning to New York i 1932, the archdiocese assigned him as pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Poughkeepsie, New York. During this period, Pernicone served as master of ceremonies at a 1937 requiem mass for Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, in 1937.^[5]

In 1944, after 12 years at Our Lady in Poughkeepsie, Pernicone was named pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in the Bronx.^[1] During his 22 years at tenure in the Bronx, he oversaw the construction of a parochial school in 1949.^[6] The Vatican elevated Pernicone to the rank of papal chamberlain in 1945 and domestic prelate in 1952.^[3]

Auxiliary Bishop of New York

On April 6, 1954, Pernicone was appointed auxiliary bishop of New York and titular bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade by Pope Pius XII.^[4] He received his episcopal consecration on May 5, 1954, from Cardinal Francis Spellman, with Auxiliary Bishops Joseph Francis Flannelly and Edward Vincent Dargin serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.^[4]

During his tenure as an auxiliary bishop, Pernicone also served as pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Poughkeepsie and episcopal vicar of Dutchess and Putnam Counties in New York State.^[2]

Death and legacy

After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Pernicone retired as auxiliary bishop on November 28, 1978.^[4]He died from a stroke on February 11, 1985, at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx at age 81.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Joseph M. Pernicone, Ex-Auxiliary Bishop". The New York Times. 1985-02-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
^ ^a ^b "Pastor of Bronx Church Made Auxiliary Bishop by Pope". The New York Times. 1954-04-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bishop Joseph Maria Pernicone". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ "Mass for Marconi Celebrated Here". The New York Times. 1937-07-28.
^ "Pastors of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church". Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23.

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