Giovanni Ferro

Giovanni Ferro (13 November 1901 – 18 April 1992) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Somascans. He served as the Archbishop of Reggio Calabria from 1950 until his resignation in 1977. Ferro had served twice as the Bishop of Bova while managing his archdiocese, first from 1950 to 1960 and again from 1973 until 1977. He became renowned for his charitable outreach to the poor and downtrodden and for his consistent efforts in evangelization. His beatification process launched in 2008 and he has become titled as a Servant of God. Pope Francis confirmed his heroic virtue and titled him as Venerable in mid-2019. He is buried in the San Giorgio di Genoa in the city of Genoa, in the province of Liguria, and in the town of San Girolamo in the Province of Bologna. He was the father of two children, one of whom died in a car accident in 1998. He also had a son and a daughter-in-law.