Priesthood
On October 26, 1936, Don Francesco Bonofacio was ordained as a deacon in Trieste by Archbishop Carlo Margotti of Gorizia; on December 27, 1926, he was eventually ordained as a priest in the Trieste Cathedral of San Giusto. He celebrated his first service in his native Pirano church San Giorgio Dom on January 3, 1937. A few months later he was assigned as vicar at Cittanova d'Istria, where he created the local section of the Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action).
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