Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello is a parish church of the

Diocese of Rome The Diocese of Rome ( la, Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana; it, Diocesi di Roma) is the ecclesiastical district under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

as well as a

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to which a

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is sometimes assigned.

Church

The Chiesa di Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello is dedicated to Saint

Maria Domenica Mazzarello Maria Mazzarello (May 9, 1837 – May 14, 1881) was the Italian founder of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, Salesian Sisters. Life She was born in Mornese, in what is now the province of Alessandria, northern Italy, to a peasant family w ...

(1837–1881), Italian founder of the Salesian Sisters. It was built in 1997 as a parish church in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rome The Diocese of Rome ( la, Dioecesis Urbis seu Romana; it, Diocesi di Roma) is the ecclesiastical district under the direct jurisdiction of the Pope, who is Bishop of Rome and hence the supreme pontiff and head of the worldwide Catholic Church. ...

and seats 300. 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 Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

visited the church on 14 December 1997. The church was established as a titular church on 21 February 2001.

Cardinal-protectors

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n Cardinal

Ignacio Antonio Velasco García Antonio Ignacio Velasco García, S.D.B. (17 January 1929 – 6 July 2003) was a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Caracas from 27 May 1995 until his death. Biography Velasco was born on 17 January 19 ...

, S.D.B. (February 21, 2001 – July 6, 2003) *

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n Cardinal

George Pell George Pell (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . I ...

(created October 21, 2003) has been the

Cardinal-Priest A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

since 2004

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic the cardinal title

Parochial website (in Italian)
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Rome Q. XXIV Don Bosco