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Mario Joseph Conti, son of Louis Joseph Conti and Josephine Quintilia Conti (ms Panicali) was born at Elgin, Moray, 20th March 1934. He was educated at St Marie’s Convent and Springfield School, Elgin, and entered the Minor Seminary of St Mary’s College, Blairs. He was then, in 1952, sent by Bishop Francis Walsh to the Scots College, Rome, to study for the priesthood for the Diocese of Aberdeen.
He gained a Licence in Philosophy in 1955 and also in Theology in 1959 both from the Gregorian University, Rome. He was ordained Priest in the Church of San Marcello al Corso, Rome, by Archbishop Luigi Traglia on 26th October 1958.
After completing his studies in 1959, he was appointed Assistant Priest, St Mary’s Cathedral, Aberdeen. He was appointed Parish Priest of St Joachim’s, Wick and St Anne’s, Thurso in 1962.
He was nominated Bishop of Aberdeen on 28th February 1977, was ordained bishop by His Eminence Gordon Cardinal Gray, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, at Aberdeen on 3rd May 1977.
He was appointed Archbishop of Glasgow by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on January 15th 2002 and took possession of the Archdiocese on Friday 22nd February 2002 in Saint Andrew’s Cathedral, Glasgow.
Pope John Paul II bestowed the Pallium on Archbishop Conti on 29th June 2004. In October 2004, he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Paisley until the succession of Bishop Philip Tartaglia in November 2005. |
