Giovanni Battista della Pietra
Giovanni Battista della Pietra SJ (born October 17, 1871 in Cornegliano Laudense , Province of Lodi , Italy , † August 26, 1940 ) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See .
Life
Giovanni Battista della Pietra joined the religious order of the Jesuits and received the sacrament of priestly ordination on September 18, 1904 .
On March 3, 1927, Pope Pius XI appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon and ordered him to apostolic delegate in Albania . The Prefect of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide , Cardinal Wilhelmus Marinus van Rossum CSsR , donated him episcopal ordination on March 19 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were the secretary of the Congregation De Propaganda Fide, Archbishop Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani , and Bishop Michel d'Herbigny SJ.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Ernesto Cozzi |
Apostolic Delegate in Albania 1927–1936 |
Ildebrando Antoniutti |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pietra, Giovanni Battista della |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pietra, Giovanni Battista della SJ |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cornegliano Laudense , Province of Lodi , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1940 |