Tommaso Pio Boggiani

Tommaso Pio Boggiani O.P. (19 January 1863 26 February 1942) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Genoa.


Tommaso Pio Boggiani

Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed13 March 1933
Term ended26 February 1942
PredecessorAndreas Franz Frühwirth
SuccessorCelso Benigno Luigi Costantini
Other posts
Orders
Ordination22 July 1885
Consecration22 November 1908
by Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta
Created cardinal4 December 1916
by Pope Benedict XV
RankCardinal-Priest (1916–29)
Cardinal-Bishop (1929–42)
Personal details
Birth namePio Boggiani
Born19 January 1863
Bosco Marengo, Alessandria, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died26 February 1942(1942-02-26) (aged 79)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
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Styles of
Tommaso Boggiani
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeePorto e Santa Rufina (suburbicarian see)

Biography

Pio Boggiani was born in Bosco Marengo, Alessandria, Italy. He joined the Dominicans on 15 September 1879. He changed his baptismal name from Pio to Tommaso. He was ordained and went to work as a missionary in Constantinople. He was elected Prior of the Dominican convent at Ragusa in 1891. He served as Pastor of the parish of S. Maria di Castello, Genoa in 1900 but was transferred to be a faculty member of the Seminary of Genoa. In 1908 he was appointed Apostolic administrator of Adria.

Episcopate

Pope Pius X appointed him bishop of Adria (the diocese is now called Adria and Rovigo) on 31 October 1908. He was consecrated on 22 November 1908 by Rafael Merry del Val, who was at that time Cardinal Secretary of State. He was transferred to be titular Archbishop of Edessa di Osroene on 9 January 1912 and was named apostolic delegate to Mexico the next day. He was appointed Apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Genoa on 7 March 1914. He served as Secretary of the conclave of 1914 that elected Pope Benedict XV.

Cardinalate

Pope Benedict created him Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quirico e Giulitta in the consistory of 4 December 1916. He was appointed Archbishop of Genoa on 10 March 1919. He resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese in 1921. He participated in the conclave of 1922 that elected Pope Pius XI. He was elected to the order of Cardinal Bishops, taking the suburbicarian see of Porto e Santa Rufina on 15 July 1929. He took part in the conclave of 1939 that elected Pope Pius XII. He died in 1942.

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    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Edoardo Pulciano
    Archbishop of Genoa
    10 March 1919 – 1921
    Succeeded by
    Pietro Boetto
    Preceded by
    Andreas Franz Frühwirth
    Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
    1933–1942
    Succeeded by
    Celso Costantini
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