Francesco Giuseppe Lardone

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Francesco Giuseppe Lardone (born January 12, 1887 in Moretta , † January 30, 1980 there ) was Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See .

Life

The son Emanuele Lardones and Placida Minardis studied at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Turin, the Royal University of Turin and the Pontifical School of Canon Law Turin. The archbishop of Turin , Agostino Cardinal Richelmy donated Lardone on June 29, 1910 in Turin , the ordination . In 1924, at the age of 38, he was appointed professor of canon law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC , and remained in that position until 1949. He became an American citizen while in the United States .

As a serious and reliable diplomat of the Holy See, he was considered a connoisseur of the international politics of the time. Pope Pius XII appointed him on May 21, 1949 Titular Archbishop of Rhizaeum and Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti and the Dominican Republic . The Apostolic Delegate to the United States of America, Amleto Giovanni Cicognani , ordained him episcopal on June 30 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle , Archbishop of Washington , and Egidio Vagnozzi , Apostolic Delegate in the Philippines . From 1953 to 1959 Lardone was nuncio in Peru .

From Pope John XXIII. , whose acquaintance he made during his time as a young journalist for the Osservatore Romano , Lardone was sent to Istanbul in 1959 as Apostolic Internuntius . Its main task was to assess whether the hostility between the consolidated Moscow government and the Catholic Church could be resolved. He was the first Holy See diplomat to set foot in Istanbul, 507 years after Isidore of Kiev .

According to Archbishop Loris Francesco Capovilla , personal secretary to John XXIII, on March 28, 1960, during his second consistory , the Pope appointed Lardone cardinal in pectore . The appointment was not announced because of Lardone's sensitive political position. Regarding the proposal, Capovilla said in an interview in June 2007 that Lardone refused to accept the cardinal trace in order not to have to resign as apostolic nuncio in Turkey. Lardone's intention was to enable the bishops of the countries beyond the Iron Curtain to participate in the Second Vatican Council . If Lardone had accepted the appointment, he could not have stayed in Istanbul; his further diplomatic activity and mediation with the governments behind the Iron Curtain would have been impossible.

Lardone ended his activity as Internuntius in 1966, three years after the death of Pope John XXIII.

Lardone is buried in the parish church of Moretta. He left his house to the parish of Moretta, which uses it as a catechetical center and as a place for community meetings.

Works

  • Airspace rights in Roman law. 1931.
  • The imperial constitutions in the Institutes of Gaius. 1933.

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personal data
SURNAME Lardone, Francesco Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lardone, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Moretta
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1980
Place of death Moretta