Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Rome

Church in Rome, Italy

41°51′37″N 12°34′36″E / 41.86020°N 12.576795°E / 41.86020; 12.576795LocationPiazza Salvatore Galgano 100, RomeCountryItalyDenominationRoman CatholicTraditionRoman RiteWebsiteOfficial website, unsafeHistoryStatusTitular churchDedicationMaria Domenica MazzarelloArchitectureArchitectural typeChurchCompleted1997ClergyCardinal protectorCardinal Stephen Brislin

Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello is a parish church of the Diocese of Rome as well as a titular church to which a cardinal priest is sometimes assigned.

Church

The Chiesa di Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello is dedicated to Saint Maria Domenica Mazzarello (1837–1881), Italian founder of the Salesian Sisters.

It was built in 1997 as a parish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rome and seats 300.^[1] Its address is Piazza Salvatore Galgano 100, Roma, Lazio 00173, at the Viale Bruno Pelizze, in East Rome's XXth prefecture.

Pope John Paul II visited the church on 14 December 1997.^[2]

The church was established as a titular church on 21 February 2001.

Cardinal-protectors

Venezuelan Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco García, S.D.B. (February 21, 2001 – July 6, 2003)
Australian Cardinal George Pell (October 21, 2003 – January 10, 2023) had been the Cardinal-Priest since 2004^[1]
South African Cardinal Stephen Brislin (September 30, 2023 - Present) having been the Cardinal-Priest since 2023.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b O'Grady, Desmond (March 20, 2004). "Welcome to the parish of Pell, by George". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
^ "Visita Pastorale alla Parrocchia Romana di Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello" (in Italian). Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 14 December 1997. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali creati nel Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico del 30 settembre 2023". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-09-30.