Angelo Bianchi

Angelo Bianchi (born November 19, 1817 in Rome , † January 22, 1897 ibid) was an Italian cardinal to the Curia .

Angelo Bianchi

Life

Bianchi, from a wealthy family, studied at the San Apollinare seminary in Rome. It is not known when he was ordained a priest . After that, he was apostolic prothonotary and went in 1864 to the Swiss nunciature in Lucerne , where he was until 1868 chargé officiated the nunciature. Contrary to the wishes of the Swiss Federal Council , Bianchi refused to move the seat of the nunciature from the Catholic Lucerne to the federal city of Bern .

After six years as a papal envoy in the Netherlands , Pope Pius IX appointed him . on October 10, 1874 titular Archbishop of Myra . On November 1st of the same year Cardinal Giuseppe Berardi donated him the episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi , secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars , and François Marinelli , sacristan of the Apostolic Palace . Two weeks later, Angelo Bianchi became nuncio in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Three years later, in June 1877, Pius IX appointed him. as secretary of the Congregation of Bishops. Pius' successor Leo XIII. sent him to Spain on September 30, 1879 as nuncio . On September 25, 1882 Leo XIII. him as cardinal priest of the titular church Santa Prassede in the college of cardinals . In November 1887 Cardinal Bianchi became Prefect of the Congregation for Rites , and two years later he was elevated to Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina .

He died in Rome in January 1897 at the age of 79. He was buried in a family grave on Campo Verano .

Web links

Bianchi, Angelo. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 25, 2016.
Entry on Angelo Bianchi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 3, 2019.

Footnotes

↑ Urban Fink: The Lucerne Nunciature 1586–1873. On the history of authorities and sources of papal diplomacy in Switzerland (= Collectanea Archivi Vaticani 40 / Lucerne Historical Publications 32 ). Lucerne / Stuttgart 1997, p. 80 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano	Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina 1889–1897	Camillo Mazzella SJ
Domenico Bartolini	Prefect of the Congregation for Rites 1887–1897	Camillo Mazzella SJ

personal data
SURNAME	Bianchi, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Cardinal Curia
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome
DATE OF DEATH	January 22, 1897
Place of death	Rome

[1] Urban Fink: The Lucerne Nunciature 1586–1873. On the history of authorities and sources of papal diplomacy in Switzerland (= Collectanea Archivi Vaticani 40 / Lucerne Historical Publications 32 ). Lucerne / Stuttgart 1997, p. 80 .