Angelo Thomas Accera O.S.B. (November 7, 1925 – July 26, 1990)[1] was a Catholic bishop who served the Archdiocese for the Military Services.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Accera entered the Benedictine order in 1944 at St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama.[2] He attended St. Benedict's College and was ordained to the priesthood on May 20, 1950.[3] He obtained advanced degrees in canon law from Catholic University and the "Angelicum" in Rome. He was a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
He served for twenty years as a chaplain for the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a colonel.[3] On September 29, 1983, Accerra was appointed titular bishop of Lete and auxiliary bishop of the Military Vicariate and was consecrated bishop on November 29, 1983.[4] He was a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Ad Hoc Committee on the Moral Evaluation of Deterrence.[5] Bishop Acerra died July 26, 1990, at his home in Alexandria, Virginia of lung cancer.
