The Basilica of Saint John Bosco is a church in the Don Bosco quarter of Rome, situated between the via Tuscolana and

Centocelle Airport Centocelle Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Centocelle) was an airport situated in Centocelle, a quarter of Rome in Italy. It is also referred to as Rome-Centocelle Airport (''Aeroporto di Roma-Centocelle''). It was the first airport and flight schoo ...

. It is dedicated to Saint

John Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19t ...

. On 5 February 1965,

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

established this church as a deaconry under the name San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana. He gave it the status of a

minor basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

on 20 November 1965. Rom vorstadt 01

The church is a parish seat of the

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and has been entrusted to the care of the Salesian Fathers.

History

The building was constructed at the beginning of the 1950s by the Sicilian architect . On 12 September 1952 the first stone of the new building was laid by

Clemente Micara Clemente Micara (24 December 1879 – 11 March 1965) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1909 to 1950 and was Vicar General of Rome from 1951 until his death. Pope Pius ...

, cardinal vicar of Rome. The church was inaugurated on 2 May 1959 by

Benedetto Aloisi Masella Benedetto Aloisi Masella (29 June 1879 – 30 September 1970) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as prefect of the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1954 to 1968, and as chamberlain of the Roman Church (or camerl ...

, cardinal protector of the Salesians. Much of the interior remained unfinished until 1964. The day after the inauguration,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

visited to pray at the urn holding the remains of

Don Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

, which had been brought from Turin for the occasion.

Cardinals who have held the title

Federico Callori di Vignale Federico Callori di Vignale (15 December 1890 – 10 August 1971) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace from 1958 to 1965 and was made a cardinal in 1965. Biography Federic ...

(25 February 1965 - 10 August 1971) *

Štěpán Trochta Štěpán Trochta (; 26 March 1905, Francova Lhota – 6 April 1974, Litoměřice) was a Czech Roman Catholic cardinal in the former Czechoslovakia who served as the Bishop of Litoměřice from 1947 until his death and was a professed member ...

, S.D.B. (12 April 1973 - 6 April 1974) * Boleslaw Filipiak (24 May 1976 - 14 October 1978) *

Egano Righi-Lambertini Egano Righi-Lambertini (22 February 1906 – 4 October 2000) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He spent decades in the diplomatic service of the Holy See and from 1957 to 1974 held a series of appointments as Papal Delegate to Korea ...

(30 June 1979 - 26 November 1990) *

Virgilio Noè Virgilio Noè (30 March 1922 – 24 July 2011) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. Early life and ministry Noè was born in 1922 in Zelata di Bereguardo, Lombardy. He studied at th ...

(28 June 1991 - 26 February 2002)) *

Stephen Fumio Hamao Stephen Fumio Hamao (濱尾文郎 ''Hamao Fumio'') (9 March 1930 – 8 November 2007) was a Japanese cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was the president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants until i ...

(21 October 2003 - 8 November 2007) *

Robert Sarah Robert Sarah (; born 15 June 1945) is a Guinean prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 20 November 2010, he was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 23 November 2014 to 20 February ...

(20 November 2010 - present)

References

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San Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana The Basilica of Saint John Bosco is a church in the Don Bosco quarter of Rome, situated between the via Tuscolana and Centocelle Airport. It is dedicated to Saint John Bosco. On 5 February 1965, Pope Paul VI established this church as a deaconry u ...

Churches completed in 1964 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Salesian churches in Italy 1959 establishments in Italy