Andrea Carlo Ferrari

Cardinal Ferrari

Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari (born August 13, 1850 in Lalatta di Palanzano , Province of Parma , Italy , † February 2, 1921 in Milan ) was Archbishop of Milan . He was beatified in 1987 .

Live and act

Until the appointment of a bishop

Andrea Carlo Ferrari was born the first of four children to a shoemaker and grew up in a modest family.

In 1869 he began studying Catholic theology at the Parma seminary and on December 13, 1873, he received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Parma . He then worked from 1874 as a pastor in Parma and Fornovo di Taro . In 1875 he became a sub- rain , and from 1877 rain the seminary, where he also worked as a professor of dogmatics from 1878 . 1882 followed his promotion to the doctorate in theology . In 1883 he became professor of moral theology at the seminary and professor at the theological faculty in Parma.

Appointed bishop until World War I

On June 23, 1890 Pope Leo XIII appointed him . to the Bishop of Guastalla . He received the episcopal ordination on June 29, 1890 by Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi in Rome . He left the diocese in 1891 and was appointed Bishop of Como on June 1st of that year . On May 18, 1894, he was accepted into the College of Cardinals . Three days later he was appointed Archbishop of Milan and was given the title Church of Sant'Anastasia as a cardinal priest . He took part in the conclave in 1903 and 1914 . On the occasion of his appointment as Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Ferrari adopted the name Carlo as a second name, in honor of St. Charles Borromeo , who was also Archbishop of Milan in the 16th century. Like his predecessor Luigi Nazari di Calabiana , Ferrari also pursued a compromise policy, which earned him criticism from the conservative side. He also introduced innovations in the training of seminarians and, from 1896, founded new universities, including in Monza and Seregno. In 1898, fueled by the press, an uprising broke out in Milan. Leo XIII. defended Ferrari and he was able to resume his activities. Even so, he was isolated within the Milanese clergy, but remained true to his line.

Conflicts over modernism

Although he was suspicious of Pope Pius X , especially his anti-modernist policies, he took the papal line after the publication of the encyclical Pascendi dominici gregis in 1907. As early as 1905 Ferrari was accused of representing modernist tendencies, which is why Curia Bishop Luigi Canali visited it. This process was repeated in 1911, with Ferrari receiving a sharp admonition for his use of the English language.

First World War to 1921

After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, Cardinal Ferrari published two pastoral letters in which he sharply condemned the war. He set up two military hospitals for war refugees and in February 1918 founded the female youth of the Catholic Action , which with the permission of Benedict XV. was active throughout Italy. After the war he supported charitable organizations, in particular the Casa del Popolo (later Opera Card. Ferrari ) and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore . The latter was the end of 1920 by Benedict XV. canonically furnished.

Cardinal Ferrari's grave in Milan Cathedral

death

Cardinal Ferrari died on February 2, 1921, of an inoperable throat tumor from which he had suffered since 1918. He was buried in the Virgo Potens chapel in the Cathedral of Milan .

Others

Andrea Carlo Ferrari was a Grand Crusader of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

beatification

The diocesan beatification process was initiated in 1951 by Cardinal Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster . In 1976 Pope Paul VI recognized him . the heroic degree of virtue . On May 10, 1987, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II .

literature

• Giuseppe Pignatelli:  Ferrari, Andrea Carlo. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 46:  Feducci-Ferrerio. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1996.

Web links

Commons : Andrea Carlo Ferrari  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ferrari, Andrea Carlo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed January 28, 2014.
• Entry about Andrea Carlo Ferrari on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Prospero Curti	Bishop of Guastalla 1890-1891	Pietro Respighi
Luigi Nicora	Bishop of Como 1891-1894	Teodoro Valfrè di Bonzo
Luigi Nazari di Calabiana	Archbishop of Milan 1894–1921	Achille Cardinal Ratti