Enrico Dante

Enrico Dante (left) as papal master of ceremonies alongside Pope John XXIII. and Cardinal Ottaviani on the loggia

Enrico Cardinal Dante (born July 5, 1884 in Rome , Italy , † April 24, 1967 ibid) was an Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Coat of arms of Enrico Cardinal Dante

Enrico Dante was a seminarian at the Almo Collegio Capranica , after studying Catholic theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he received the sacrament of priestly ordination on July 3, 1910 in the church of Sant'Apollinare in Rome by Giuseppe Ceppetelli . He then worked at the Rota Romana and then at the Congregation Propagande Fide .

From 1913 he was an official at the Apostolic Penitentiary . From 1914 he worked as papal ceremonial and in 1923 also became a member of the Congregation for Rites , where he rose to become a substitute in 1930. From 1943 on he was Pro-Secretary for the Congregation of Ceremonies and Pontifical House Prelate . In 1947 he was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Ceremonies of the Pope. In addition, he was pro-secretary at the Congregation for Rites from 1959, in which he was appointed secretary on January 5, 1960.

Pope John XXIII appointed him on August 28, 1962 titular bishop of Carpasia and on September 21 of the same year donated him the episcopal ordination in the Lateran basilica ; Co-consecrators were the Curia Archbishops and later Curia Cardinals Francesco Carpino and Pietro Parente . Pope Paul VI took him on February 22, 1965 as a cardinal deacon with the title deaconry Sant'Agata dei Goti in the college of cardinals .

Enrico Dante died in Rome in the early morning of April 24, 1967 and was buried in the church of Sant'Agata dei Goti .

Memberships

Member of the Order of Malta

Honors

1963: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Web links

Entry on Enrico Dante on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Fiorenzo Angelini	Master of ceremonies for the liturgical celebrations of the Pope 1954–1967	Annibale Bugnini CM

personal data
SURNAME	Dante, Enrico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dante, Cardinal Enrico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	July 5, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome , Italy
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1967
Place of death	Rome , Italy