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|name = Albert Conrad De Vito
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|office1 = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|Bishop of Lucknow]]
|term_start1 = 12 December 1946
|term_end1 = 16 November 1970
|predecessor1 = ''new creation''
|successor1 = [[Cecil DeSa]]
|birth_date = 21 March 1904
|birth_place = [[Provvidenti]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
|death_date = 16 November 1970 (aged 66)
|death_place = [[Bologna]], [[Italy]]
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'''Albert Conrad De Vito''', [[O.F.M. Cap.]], an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]], was a prominent [[Roman Catholic|Roman]] [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] ([[Latin Rite]]) clergyman in [[India]] who was installed as the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|Bishop of Lucknow]] in December 1946.

==Birth==
He was born in [[Provvidenti]] in 1904 to Raffaele and Maria Felice Cinelli.<ref name="cpc.it">{{cite web|title=DE VITO CORRADO: Man of God and business, but only for helping his neighbours!|url=http://web-cert.provincia.campobasso.it/molisani/en/uomini_e_luoghi/show_protagonisti.php?id_protagonisti=144|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235421/http://web-cert.provincia.campobasso.it/molisani/en/uomini_e_luoghi/show_protagonisti.php?id_protagonisti=144|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==In Lucknow==
On 20 January 1942, he was appointed the Parish Priest of St. Joseph’s Church of Lucknow. He was appointed first Bishop of the new [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|Diocese of Lucknow]] on 12 December 1946. he was consecrated on 16 February 1947, the governor of U.P., Sir Francis Wylie extended full support and also attended the consecration and played an important role in the festivities that followed. He remained Bishop of Lucknow until 16 November 1970.<ref name=ICONI>{{cite book|last=D'Souza|first=Daniel Anthony|title=Implanting of the Capuchin Order in North India, 1965-1980: Agra, Lucknow, Ranchi Mission (Capuchin-north-east Mission)|year=1996|publisher=Holy Family Friary|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgTZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Conrad+De+Vito%22|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of St. Francis' College, Lucknow|url=http://www.stfrancislucknow.org/history.aspx|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>

==Social service==
In early 1950, Bishop Conrad expressed deep concern for primary education. He founded [[Anand Bhawan School]] and [[Institute of the Maids of the Poor]] in [[Barabanki city]].<ref name="CDI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ&q=Barabanki | title=The Catholic Directory of India | publisher=St. Paul Publications | year=2005 | accessdate=2013-07-09 | author=Catholic Church Bishops' Conference of India}}</ref> He also founded following:<ref name="cpc.it"/>
* 4 orphanages
* 38 schools of every kind
* 3 hospitals
* a university
* about 20 clinics
* gave go-ahead for the construction of the [[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow]]
When he came back to Bologna he founded the '''Casa della formazione''' for young people who didn’t have a stable future. Many Indian Schools are established in his name as "Bishop Conrad School". One of this school is in [[Bareilly]] as well.

==Death==
He died in 1970 in [[Bologna]]. Seven years after his death, [[Indira Gandhi]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]], requested and obtained permission for his remains to be laid to rest in the [[St. Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow|Cathedral of St. Joseph]] at [[Lucknow]] which he himself had promoted.<ref name="cpc.it"/>

==Books==
He wrote the following books:<ref>[https://www.google.co.in/#safe=off&sa=X&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&ei=mrfbUcfJJsbyrQfuuID4CQ&ved=0CDMQ9AgwAQ&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=5f410a2127cd43cc&biw=1366&bih=689 Books by Albert Conrad De Vito @ Google Books]</ref>
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=daJIAAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&dq=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-bfbUdORGMLhrAfwjIDgBw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA Pope Paul VI: glimpses of his life before he became Pope]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=IqFIAAAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&dq=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-bfbUdORGMLhrAfwjIDgBw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ Art at the service of faith: art, painting, architecture, symbols, local customs, music, and dance at the service of the church, as visualized by the Fathers of the II Vatican Ecumenical Council outside the Council Hall]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=YOwtAAAAYAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&dq=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-bfbUdORGMLhrAfwjIDgBw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg The Second Vatican Council at a Glance: Summary of the Documents of the Second Vatican Council]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=xtwPcgAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-bfbUdORGMLhrAfwjIDgBw&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA Spiritual Life Made Easy]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=Pe6dHAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Conrad+De+Vito%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-bfbUdORGMLhrAfwjIDgBw&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBQ Pastoral Hints]

==References==
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