Eugenio Tosi

Eugenio Cardinal Tosi (1928)

Tomb and coat of arms of Cardinal Tosi

Life

Eugenio Tosi studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the seminaries in Monza and Milan . He received on June 4, 1887 in Milan, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then worked as a parish pastor in the Archdiocese of Milan. In 1889 he entered the congregation Oblates of Charles and St. Ambrose . From 1889 to 1909 he taught at the Oblate Mission House in Rho . From 1909 to 1911 he headed the administration of the Diocese of Rimini as vicar general .

1911 Pope named him Pius X to the Bishop of Squillace . The episcopal ordination received Eugenio Tosi on May 16, 1911 by Andrea Carlo Cardinal Ferrari , Archbishop of Milan. In 1917 Benedict XV appointed him . to the Bishop of Andria . In addition, Tosi administered the diocese of Squillace as Apostolic Administrator until 1918 . After his election as Pope , Pope Pius XI. Eugenio Tosi on March 22, 1922 as his successor as Archbishop of Milan and took him on December 11 of the same year as a cardinal priest with the titular church Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti in the college of cardinals . His motto was: Ora et labora (“Pray and work”).

Eugenio Tosi died on January 7, 1929 in Milan and was buried in the Milan Cathedral .

Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals. 1846-2012. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2014, ISBN 978-3-11037077-5 , p. 255.
Eugenio Cazzani: Vescovi e arcivescovi di Milano . Milan 1955.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Achille Cardinal Ratti	Archbishop of Milan 1922–1929	Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster OSB

personal data
SURNAME	Tosi, Eugenio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tossi, Eugenio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Milan
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Busto Arsizio , Varese Province, Italy
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 1929
Place of death	Milan