Enrico Orfei

Enrico Orfei (born October 23, 1800 in Orvieto , † December 22, 1871 in Ravenna ) was a cardinal of the Roman Church .

Career

He was the son of Giuseppe Orfei and his wife Colomba Duranti, his paternal great-uncle Nicola Orfei was archdeacon at the cathedral of Bagnoregio .

Orfei attended the seminary of S. Andrea in Orvieto and was ordained a priest on December 20, 1823 . He then studied dogmatics and moral theology at the Jesuit college of Orvieto . He attended the University of Perugia and completed his studies on November 15, 1832 with the degree of Doctor iuris utriusque . As early as 1831 he was a canon at the Church of Ss. Andrea e Bartolomeo in Orvieto; on June 1, 1831 he was by Gregory XVI. appointed papal chamberlain . In 1833 he became the house prelate of His Holiness and held various positions in the Roman Curia and the administration of the Papal States . On September 11, 1848, Pope Pius IX appointed him Bishop of Cesena . He was ordained bishop on September 17, 1848 by Cardinal Vincenzo Macchi ; Co-consecrators were the Archbishops of the Curia Girolamo d'Andrea and Domenico Lucciardi . Orfei became Papal Assistant to the Throne on October 3, 1848 .

Pope Pius IX created Orfei in the consistory of March 15, 1858 cardinal and appointed him on March 18 of the same year cardinal priest of Santa Balbina . On March 23, 1860 he was made Archbishop of Ravenna . As such, he was a participant in the First Vatican Council from 1869 to 1870 .

He died on December 22, 1871 in Ravenna and was buried in the family chapel in Casemurate .

Philippe Bountry: Prélats Référendaires et officers de curie en fonctions sous la restauration (1814–1846) . In: Souverain et pontife. Recherches prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'âge de la Restoration (1814–1846) . École française de Rome, Rome 2002, margin no. 446–447 (French, online edition [accessed March 10, 2018]).

Orfei, Enrico. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed March 10, 2018.
Entry on Enrico Orfei on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 10, 2018.

↑ cf. Orfei, Enrico. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English), note (1)

predecessor	Office	successor
Chiarissimo Falconieri Mellini	Archbishop of Ravenna 1860–1871	Vincenzo Moretti

personal data
SURNAME	Orfei, Enrico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cardinal and archbishop of Ravenna
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH	Orvieto
DATE OF DEATH	December 22, 1871
Place of death	Ravenna