Giovanni Barcia was born in
Palazzo Adriano (PA) in 1829, during that time in the territory of the Latin diocese of
Monreale. On 24 April 1902, he was appointed to be the Bishop of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church by
Pope Leo XIII. Later, on 24 June 1902, Giovanni Barcia was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal
Vincenzo Vannutelli with co-consecrators Archbishop
Giustino Adami and the future Latin Patriarch of Antioch
Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski. Pope Leo XIII gave him the titular see of
Croae and Giovanni went on to lead the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church for ten years. Giovanni Barcia resided in
Naples and was also the superior of the College of San Adriano in San Demetrio Corone (CS), Calabria. Bishop Giovanni Barcia was also the president of the Italian Clergy Committee for the relief of those affected by the Calabria earthquake. ==References==