Tommaso Pio Boggiani
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiani OP (born January 19, 1863 in Boscomarengo , Province of Alessandria , Italy , † February 26, 1942 in Rome ) was Archbishop of Genoa and later Curial Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Tommaso Pio Boggiani entered the Dominican Order in Chieri in 1879 and then studied Catholic theology and philosophy in various training houses of his order in Italy and in Graz . After his ordination he worked as a missionary in Constantinople for a few years . In 1891 he became prior of the Dominican Convention of Ragusa . From 1898 to 1900 he headed the philosophical college in Graz, in 1900 he became a pastor in Genoa.
1908 Pope named him Pius X to the bishop of Adria e Rovigo . He received his episcopal consecration on November 22, 1908, Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta ; Co- consecrators were Domenico Marengo , Archbishop of Smyrna , and Giuseppe Capecci , Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia . In 1912 he was appointed titular archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne and apostolic delegate in Mexico , renouncing his diocese . In 1914 he became Apostolic Administrator of Genoa and in the same year he was Secretary of the Conclave .
Pope Benedict XV took Tommaso Pio Boggiani on December 4, 1916 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Quirico e Giulitta in the College of Cardinals and appointed him on March 19, 1919 Archbishop of Genoa. Tommaso Pio Boggiani resigned the leadership of the archdiocese in 1921. He took part in the 1922 conclave and in 1927 was the papal legate at the 9th National Eucharistic Congress in Bologna . In 1929 he was promoted to Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina and from 1933 took up the office of Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church . In this function he also received the titular church of San Lorenzo in Damaso .
Tommaso Pio Boggiani died on February 26, 1942 in Rome and was buried in the parish church of his birthplace.
Web links
- Boggiani, OP, Tommaso Pio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 7, 2016.
- Entry on Tommaso Pio Boggiani on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 7, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Cardinal Vico |
Cardinal Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina 1929–1942 |
Cardinal Eugène Tisserant |
| Ludovico Gavotti |
Archbishop of Genoa 1919–1921 |
Giosuè Signori |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boggiani, Tommaso Pio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boggiani, Tommaso Pio Cardinal OP |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Genoa |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boscomarengo , Alessandria Province , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1942 |
| Place of death | Rome |