Tommaso Reggio (January 9, 1818 - November 22, 1901) was the Bishop of the Archdiocese of Genoa, Italy. On January 8, 2000, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Reggio was born in Genoa, Italy, to the Marquis of Reggio and Angela Pareto. At the age of 20 he decided to become a priest and was ordained on September 18, 1841. At this time he said: "I want to become a saint, cost what it may, living my life in accordance with the two cornerstones of Christianity: prayer and ascesis". He helped found The Catholic Standard, a Catholic newspaper, and later closed the paper in 1874.