His Excellency Angelo Thomas Acerra | |
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Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services | |
See | Military Services |
Appointed | September 29, 1983 |
Term ended | July 26, 1990 |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 20, 1950 |
Consecration | November 29, 1983 by Joseph T. Ryan |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | July 26, 1990 Alexandria, Virginia | (aged 64)
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Angelo Thomas Accera O.S.B. (November 7, 1925 – July 26, 1990) [1] was a Catholic bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Accera entered the Benedictine order in 1944 at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama. [2] He attended St. Benedict's College and was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1950. [3] He obtained advanced degrees in canon law from Catholic University and the "Angelicum" in Rome. He was a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
He served for twenty years as a chaplain for the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel. [3] On September 29, 1983, Accerra was appointed titular bishop of Lete and auxiliary bishop of the Military Vicariate and was consecrated bishop on November 29, 1983. [4] He was a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee on the Moral Evaluation of Deterrence. [5] Bishop Acerra died July 26, 1990, at his home in Alexandria, Virginia of lung cancer.