Early life Cassata was born in
Galveston, Texas, on November 8, 1908. He attended St. Mary’s Cathedral School in Galveston and then St. Mary’s Boarding School in La Porte, Texas. While in high school, Cassata worked as a life guard,
soda jerk and vendor at an amusement park. Cassata then travelled to Rome to reside at the
Pontifical North American College. He received a
Licentiate in Theology at the
Pontifical Urbana University and also studied at
Pontifical Gregorian University. John Cassata died in Houston of complications from
cardiac surgery on September 8, 1989, at age 80. ==References==