Diocese of Novara remembers deceased priests

The Diocese of Novara released a list of deceased priests to be remembered on October 28. The names are drawn from the Martirologio Umile.

The list includes Francesco Merlino, who served as parish priest of Granozzo from 1924 until his death in 1935 at age 52. Martino Cordone, ordained in 1904, served as penitentiary in Fobello from 1918 until his death in 1937 at age 56.

Monsignor Giovanni Cavigi served as a professor of theology at the seminaries of Assisi and Novara and as a cathedral canon penitentiary. He died in Borgomanero at age 68. Albino Franchi, ordained in 1903, served in several parishes including Piana dei Monti, Merlera, and Civiasco before living as a private individual in Mercurago, where he died at age 79.

Father Eugenio Manni, an oblate of Ss. Gaudenzio e Carlo, performed pastoral work in Valsesia and at the Monte di Varallo. He was a researcher who authored the work Campanili della Valsesia. He died at age 93 while staying with the Suore Orsoline at the Monte di Varallo.