Giuseppe Beltrami
Giuseppe Cardinal Beltrami (born January 17, 1889 in Fossano , Province of Cuneo , Italy , † December 13, 1973 in Rome ) was a Vatican diplomat .
Life
Beltrami studied in Fossano and Rome the subjects of Catholic theology and philosophy and was ordained a priest on March 5, 1916 . He then worked as a military chaplain . After further studies, he entered the service of the Holy See in 1923 , where he initially worked for three years in the Vatican Library and from 1926 to 1940 in the State Secretariat with canonization procedures .
In 1940 Pope Pius XII appointed him . the Titular Archbishop of Damascus and apostolic nuncio in Guatemala and Ecuador . He received his episcopal consecration on April 7, 1940 in Rome, Cardinal Secretary of State Luigi Maglione ; Co- consecrators were Gabriele Vettori , Archbishop of Pisa , and Angelo Soracco , Bishop of Fossano . Other stations in his diplomatic career were Colombia , Lebanon and the Netherlands . Beltrami participated in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . Pope Paul VI took him in 1967 as a cardinal priest with the pro hac vice to title Church gathered Title Diakonie Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio in the College of Cardinals on.
He died on December 13, 1973 in Rome and was buried in the cathedral of his hometown Fossano.
Web links
- Beltrami, Giuseppe. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 6, 2016.
- Entry on Giuseppe Beltrami on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 6, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Levame |
Apostolic Nuncio in El Salvador 1940–1945 |
Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani OFM |
| Albert Levame |
Apostolic Nuncio in Guatemala 1940–1945 |
Giovanni Maria Emilio Castellani OFM |
| Carlo Serena |
Apostolic Nuncio in Colombia 1945–1950 |
Antonio Samore |
| Alcide Giuseppe Marina CM |
Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon 1950–1959 |
Paolo Bertoli |
| Paolo Giobbe |
Apostolic Internuntius in the Netherlands 1959-1967 |
Angelo Felici |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beltrami, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beltrami, Giuseppe Cardinal (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fossano , Province of Cuneo, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1973 |
| Place of death | Rome |