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unusual facts about International Eucharistic Congress



Dina Bélanger

A musical based on her life was presented as part of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City and the 49th International Eucharistic Congress held there in June 2008.

Efrem Forni

After serving as papal legate to the 1949 National Eucharistic Congress in Ecuador, Forni was named Nuncio to Belgium and Internuncio to Luxembourg on 9 November 1953.

Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti

Pellegrinetti later served as the papal legate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Zagreb on July 30, 1930.

Giuseppe Beltrami

Beltrami was later named Nuncio to Colombia on November 15, 1945; during his tenure there, he served as the papal legate to the National Eucharistic Congress in Bogotá on June 29, 1946.

Lawrence Shehan

He celebrated an aboriginal Mass at the 1973 Eucharistic Congress in Melbourne.


see also

Eucharistic Congress

The 26th International Eucharistic Congress was held in Rome, 24–29 May 1922.