Achille Locatelli

Life

Achille Locatelli studied at the seminary Monza and at the Pontifical Roman Seminary trays Catholic theology and philosophy and received on December 23, 1879 in Milan , the sacrament of Holy Orders . He then continued his studies at the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy. 1886 employee of the Apostolic Nunciature in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Further stations in his diplomatic career were Belgium , France and Austria until 1899 . From 1899 to 1904 he worked in the Department for Special Church Affairs of the Vatican State Secretariat . In 1905 he worked briefly in the Apostolic Nunciature of the Netherlands and traveled as the papal special envoy to the wedding celebrations of the Spanish King Alfonso XIII.

On December 6, 1906 appointed him Pope Pius X to Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica and Apostolic Internuncio in Argentina , Paraguay and Uruguay . He received his episcopal ordination on December 27th of the same year by Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta . From 1916 Locatelli worked as a nuncio in the Benelux countries. On July 13, 1918, Pope Benedict XV appointed him . to the Apostolic Nuncio in Portugal . Pope Pius XI accepted him in the consistory of December 11, 1922 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Bernardo alle Terme in the college of cardinals . From 1929 to 1930 and 1933 to 1935, a few days before his death, he was chamberlain to the Holy College of Cardinals. Achille Locatelli died of pneumonia on April 5, 1935 and was buried in Seregno.

personal data
SURNAME	Locatelli, Achille
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Locatelli, Achille Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seregno , Monza and Brianza Province, Italy
DATE OF DEATH	April 5, 1935
Place of death	Rome