Giovanni Bonzano
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano (born September 27, 1867 in Castelleto Scazzoso , Province of Alessandria , Italy , † November 26, 1927 in Rome ) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .
Life
Giovanni Bonzano studied in Rome trays Catholic theology and philosophy and received on 21 May 1890, the sacrament of Holy Orders . From 1891 to 1897 he worked as a missionary in China . In 1899 he became vicar general of the diocese of Vigevano . From 1901 to 1912 he taught at the Pontifical Urban University , which he headed from 1904 as rector .
On February 2, 1912 appointed him Pope Pius X to the apostolic delegate in the United States and the next day to Titular Archbishop of Melitene . He received his episcopal ordination on March 3rd of the same year by Cardinal Merry del Val . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Vigevano , Pietro Berruti , and the Rector of the Pontifical North America College , Thomas Francis Kennedy .
Pope Pius XI accepted Giovanni Vincenzo Bonzano on December 11, 1922 as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Pancrazio , from 1924 Santa Susanna , into the college of cardinals and sent him in 1926 as papal legate to the International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago . Giovanni Bonzano died in Rome on November 26, 1927 and was buried in the Church of the Franciscan Missionaries in Grottaferrata .
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| SURNAME | Bonzano, Giovanni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bonzano, Giovanni Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castelleto Scazzoso , Alessandria Province, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1927 |
| Place of death | Rome |