Enrico Gasparri

Enrico Gasparri
Styles of; Enrico Gasparri
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Velletri (suburbicarian see)

Pietro Gasparri
His Eminence; Pietro Gasparri
	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	18 May 1933
Term ended	20 May 1946
Predecessor	Bonaventura Cerretti
Successor	Massimo Massimi
Other posts	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri (1933–46); Vice-Dean of the College of Cardinals (1942–46);
Orders
Ordination	10 August 1894
Consecration	12 December 1915; by Vittorio Amadeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi
Created cardinal	14 December 1925; by Pope Pius XI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest (1925–33); Cardinal-Bishop (1933–46)
Personal details
Birth name	Enrico Gasparri
Born	25 July 1871; Ussita, Norcia, Kingdom of Italy
Died	20 May 1946 (aged 74); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Previous post	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia (1915–16); Titular Archbishop of Sebastea (1915–25); Apostolic Internuncio to Colombia (1916–17); Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia (1917–20); Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil (1920–25); Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola (1925–33);
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Seminary

Enrico Gasparri S.T.D. JUD (25 July 1871 – 20 May 1946) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop.

Biography

Enrico was ordained on 10 August 1894 at the age of 23. He studied in Rome receiving degrees in theology and philosophy and worked in Rome in a pastoral role from 1894 until 1898.

He joined the diplomatic service of the Holy See and was working as the auditor in the nunciature to Brazil when, on 14 November 1915, Pope Benedict XV appointed him Titular Archbishop of Sebastea and Apostolic Delegate to Colombia.[1]

On 1 September 1920 Pope Benedict appointed him Nuncio to Brazil.[2]

The appointment ended when on 14 December 1925 he was created Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all'Isola at the age of 54. His creation was an exception made to the 1917 Code of Canon Law that forbade anyone having a relative in the Sacred College of Cardinals.

On the 18 May 1933 Pope Pius XI appointed him Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. On the 16 October 1933 he was elevated to Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri. He was one of the cardinal electors in the 1939 papal conclave, which selected Pope Pius XII.

He died on 20 May 1946 at the age of 74.

He was the nephew of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri (1852-1934).

References

Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). VII. 1915. pp. 505, 519.
Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XII. 1920. p. 454.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bonaventura Cerretti	Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura 18 May 1933 – 20 May 1946	Succeeded by Massimo Massimi

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[1] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). VII. 1915. pp. 505, 519.

[2] Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XII. 1920. p. 454.