Oreste Marengo

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Apostolic Administrator of Tura
(1969-79)
MottoTo seek souls

Oreste Marengo (29 August 1906 - 30 July 1998) was an

ordination under Stefano Ferrando
and the Costantino Vendrame.

His reputation for holiness endured in his life and those around him praised him for his virtues and adherence to his order's spirit. Upon his death efforts were made to launch the canonization process; it opened a decade after his death and he became titled as a Servant of God upon the cause's commencement.[3][4]

Life

Education and priesthood

Oreste Marengo was born in

Giovanni Bosco
.

His parish priest Falletti served as an inspiration to him since he was part of the

Valdocco who would be the one to send him to India
.

Marengo began his

epidemics
. It was also in that time frame that Marengo managed the Don Bosco School in Gauhati.

Marengo's extensive labors soon wore him out after he grew weakened in his health. This prompted his superiors to send him a

Calcutta where he learnt he had to leave his mission in order to teach Italian novices at a school; he did this for a decade.[1] He was pleased to be able to resume his work in the missions after Italian novices could no longer be sent to India due to the outbreak of World War II.[3]

Episcopate

In 1951 as he was preaching a course to religious sisters he learnt that

Archbishop of Turin Maurilio Fossati. Bishop Carlo Stoppa and Bishop Carlo Angeleri served as the co-consecrators. His old teacher Caterina Zannone came from Naples
to attend the consecration Mass.

He entered his new diocese in 1952 where he mastered and used the

stigmatist Padre Pio to ask for his guidance. The Franciscan friar responded to Marengo instructing him and the sisters to "continue the work with zeal" and assured them that the government would help. The Prime Minister visited the area not long afterwards and rebuilding commenced.[1] Marengo attended the first session of the Second Vatican Council
in 1962 and attended the third and fourth sessions but missed the second.

In 1964 he was transferred to the Tezpur diocese where he remained until he was made the

refugees. He remained in the new diocese until 1979 when a formal bishop had been appointed to head the see. In 1980 he moved to a Salesian institute in Mendal to live out his retirement. Marengo had in his career mastered more than 20 regional languages and was considered a pioneer in health care and education in his sees.[4]

Illness and death

In 1998 he was hospitalized several times, the last time in Tura on 20 May where he remained for the rest of his life. During this time he lost both weight and appetite. During his time in hospital he visited the other sick by wheelchair, right up to his on 28 July. He also enjoyed listening to recorded tapes of the Gospel. Marengo died on 30 July at 2:10pm.[1] His funeral was celebrated on 1 August with 3000 people crowding in to attend alongside 250 sisters and 150 priests. Most of the northeastern Indian bishops attended as did some bishops from abroad.[2]

Beatification process

The beatification process opened in Tura on 12 April 2007 to begin collecting documentation and witness testimonies in relation to Marengo's life and holiness. This process concluded its business on 16 February; during that time the

Congregation for the Causes of Saints titled Marengo as a Servant of God and issued the nihil obstat ("nothing against") decree on 9 July 2007 to open the cause on an official level. The congregation validated the diocesan process in Rome on 6 December 2013. The postulator for the cause is the Salesian priest Pierluigi Cameroni and Joseph Puthenpurakal is the current vice-postulator.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "La sua vita". Monsignore Oreste Marengo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Servo di Dio Oreste Marengo". Salesiani di Don Bosco. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Servo di Dio Oreste Marengo". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Salesian Family Saints" (PDF). St. Benedict's Parish. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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