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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Sundays the Rev. Eustachio Paolicelli preaches in Brooklyn. Weekdays he cleans Brooklyn's streets. Last week Preacher-Street Cleaner Paolicelli celebrated his 38th birthday in notable fashion: at Jamaica, L. I., he was consecrated a bishop in "The Church of God of A. J. Tomlinson." Features of the seven-hour ceremony were vocal selections from the Sanitation Department's glee club (in which Bishop Paolicelli sings bass), an inspirational address by Deputy Sanitation Commissioner Matthew J. Diserio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Street-Cleaning Bishop | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

Dark, eupeptic Eustachio Paolicelli acquired that faith at 17, when he was a recent immigrant from Italy. Now he and his family never go near doctors. Because he gets no pay for being a bishop, Brother Paolicelli (as he prefers to be called) will keep on sweeping streets. In his spare time he will have episcopal jurisdiction over the 400 Italian congregations of the Church of God of A. J. Tomlinson, in the U. S. and abroad. Of little concern is it to Bishop Paolicelli that he wears a white-wing's cap instead of a mitre. Says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Street-Cleaning Bishop | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

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