Joseph Marello

Saint Giuseppe Marello
Bishop of Acqui
Photograph c. 1889.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Acqui
See	Acqui
Appointed	11 February 1889
Installed	16 June 1889
Term ended	30 May 1895
Predecessor	Giuseppe Maria Sciandra
Successor	Pietro Balestra
Orders
Ordination	19 September 1868 by Carlo Luigi Savio
Consecration	17 February 1889 by Raffaele Monaco La Valletta
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Giuseppe Stefano Chiaffredo Marello (1844-12-26)26 December 1844 Turin, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia
Died	30 May 1895(1895-05-30) (aged 50) Savona, Kingdom of Italy
Motto	Iter para tutum ("Prepare a safe path")
Coat of arms
Sainthood
Feast day	30 May
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	26 September 1993 Asti, Italy by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	25 November 2001 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Attributes	Episcopal attire
Patronage	Oblates of Saint Joseph Diocese of Acqui Youth

Giuseppe Marello (known as Joseph Marello in English; 26 December 1844 – 30 May 1895) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Acqui from 1889 until his death and was also the founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph.^[1] Marello served as an aide to the Bishop of Asti prior to his episcopal appointment after Pope Leo XIII named him to head the Acqui diocese; the pope had known Marello while a cardinal when the pair participated in the First Vatican Council more than a decade before.^[2] He became a proponent for the poor and destitute and never stopped rendering his assistance to those who needed it the most; this was something he undertook even in his childhood. Bishop Marello issued several pastoral letters that dealt with a range of issues such as catechism and organized one big pastoral visitation to visit all parishes in his diocese.^[3][4][5]

Marello's cause for sainthood resulted in his beatification on 26 September 1993 in Asti and his canonization less than a decade later on 25 November 2001 in Saint Peter's Square.