Carlo Confalonieri

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Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri (born July 25, 1893 in Seveso , Monza and Brianza Province , Italy , † August 1, 1986 in Rome ) was a Cardinal Curia of the Roman Catholic Church and dean of the College of Cardinals .

Life

On March 18, 1916, at the age of 22, Carlo Confalonieri received the sacrament of ordination in Milan through Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari . In 1921 the young priest was appointed his secretary by Achille Cardinal Ratti (who would later become Pope Pius XI ), who had just been appointed Archbishop of Milan and accompanied him to the conclave in 1922 after the death of Benedict XV. from which the Archbishop of Milan emerged as the new Pope . Pius XI. appointed Confalonieri on the day of his election as his private secretary and this remained until the death of Pius XI. in this responsible position and later published his memoirs of Pius XI. under the title Pio XI visto da vicino .

On March 27, 1941, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the Archbishop of L'Aquila , and he donated on May 4 of that year episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were Giuseppe Migone , Almsman of His Holiness , and Alfonso Camillo De Romanis, Sacristan of His Holiness . On February 22, 1950 he was appointed secretary of the Holy Congregation for Seminary and Universities and titular archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum , which he remained until his creation as a cardinal.

Pope John XXIII took him on December 15, 1958 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Sant'Agnese fuori le mura in the college of cardinals . From March 14, 1961 he was secretary of the Congregatio consistorialis (Konsistorialkongregation), whose Pro-Prefect he was in 1966. Cardinal Confalonieri took after the death of John XXIII. participated in the conclave of 1963 .

From August 15, 1967 to February 25, 1973 he was Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, which emerged from the Consistorial Congregation . On March 15, 1972 he was raised to Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina .

Pope Paul VI confirmed on December 12, 1977 his election as Cardinal Dean and the associated additional appointment as Cardinal Bishop of Ostia . This also gave him the traditional right to lead the conclave in the event of a sedis vacancy. But since the conclave of 1978 after the reforms of Paul VI. took place, according to which all cardinals who have completed the eightieth year of life lose their active papal suffrage, the 1978 eighty-five-year-old Confalonieri could not participate in the conclaves. The leadership of the election was entrusted to Romano Pontifici Eligendo Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot as Camerlengo , in accordance with the provisions of the current papal election constitution . He led the first conclave in 1978 and, after the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, also the conclave in October of the same year . Cardinal Confalonieri remained Dean until his death on August 1, 1986.

Fonts

  • Pius XI. Seen up close. Paul Pattloch, Aschaffenburg 1958.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German edition: Carlo Confalonieri: Pius XI. Seen up close. Pattloch, Aschaffenburg 1958, Italian ISBN 8821525929 .
  2. ↑ LILL, Rudolf, The Power of the Popes, Kevelaer 2011, p. 211.
predecessor Office successor
Giuseppe Rossino Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education
1950–1958 		Dino Staffa
Alessandro Cardinal Verde Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
1959–1973 		Cardinal Luigi Dadaglio
Marcello Cardinal Mimmi Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
1961–1973 		Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio
Benedetto Aloisi Cardinal Masella Cardinal Bishop of Palestrina
1972–1986 		Bernardin Cardinal Gantin
Cardinal Luigi Traglia Cardinal Sub- Dean
1974–1977 		Cardinal Paolo Marella
Cardinal Luigi Traglia Cardinal Dean / Cardinal Bishop of Ostia
1977–1986 		Agnelo Cardinal Rossi
personal data
SURNAME Confalonieri, Carlo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Confalonieri, Carlo Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman, cardinal curia of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Seveso , Monza and Brianza Province, Italy
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1986
Place of death Rome