Celestine Damiano

[1] Receiving his early education at public schools in Dunkirk, he studied at St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario, for two years.

[3][4] On November 27, 1952, Damiano was appointed apostolic delegate to South Africa and titular archbishop of Nicopolis in Epiro by Pope Pius XII.

[2] In September 1960, Damiano launched a drive to raise $5 million for the construction and improvement of Catholic secondary schools in the diocese.

[3] Damiano initiated the diocese's Brazil mission project in 1961, and the House of Charity Appeal for funding diocesan human services in 1964.

[4] On October 2, 1967, while recuperating from gall bladder surgery, Damiano died at age 55 from a thrombus at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden.