Blessed Joseph Allamano was born on January 21, 1851 in Asti, Italy. His uncle was Saint John Cafasso. He studied at the Salesian Oratory and Saint John Bosco was one of his spiritual directors. He entered the seminary in 1866 and was ordained in 1873. He ended up becoming the spiritual director of the Turin seminary. He was then appointed rector of the Consolata Shrine in 1880. He remolded the shrine and it brought forth spiritual renewal for the entire diocese. In 1901 he founded the Consolata Missionary Priests and Brothers. Their first missionaries went to Kenya in 1902. In 1910 he founded the Consolata Missionary Sisters for women with a missionary vocation. He died of natural causes on February 16, 1926 in Turin. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 7, 1990 and awaits canonization.
Here is information about the Consolata Shrine.
Here is information about the two orders he founded: sisters and brothers
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