Giuseppe Fietta

Cardinal coat of arms by Giuseppe Fietta

Giuseppe Cardinal Fietta (born November 6, 1883 in Ivrea , Province of Turin , Italy , † October 1, 1960 ibid) was a Vatican diplomat .

Life

Giuseppe Fietta studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University , the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy . He received on 4 November 1906, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then worked as a personal secretary to the bishop of Alghero , Oristano and Cagliari . In 1923 and 1924 Giuseppe Fietta headed the seminary of Alghero and worked as a pastoral canon as a cathedral canon at the local episcopal church.

Pope Pius XI appointed him secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Costa Rica in 1924 , and in 1926 as Internuncio in Central America . 1926 He received his Cardinal Giovanni Bonzano the episcopal ordination after Fietta of Pius XI. was appointed titular archbishop of Serdica . Co- consecrators were Ernesto Maria Piovella (it) OSSCA , Archbishop of Cagliari, and Augustin Blessing CM , Titular Bishop of Tegea , Vicar Apostolic of Limón . In the same year Giuseppe Fietta received the appointment as Apostolic Nuncio for Central America. In 1930 the Pope appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti , and in 1936 he entrusted him with the same task in Argentina . Pope Pius XII appointed him in 1953 as Apostolic Nuncio in Italy. Pope John XXIII took him on 15 December 1958 as a cardinal priest with the pro hac vice to title Church gathered Title Diakonie San Paolo alla Regola in the College of Cardinals on.

Giuseppe Fietta died on October 1st, 1960 in Ivrea and was buried in the local cathedral .

Fietta, Giuseppe. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed September 5, 2016.
Entry on Giuseppe Fietta on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on September 5, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Angelo Rotta	Apostolic Internuntius for Central America 1926–1930	Carlo Chiarlo
George Joseph Caruana	Apostolic Nuncio in Haiti 1930–1936	Maurilio Silvani
Giulio Tonti	Apostolic Nuncio in the Dominican Republic 1930–1936	Maurilio Silvani
Filippo Cortesi	Apostolic Nuncio in Argentina 1936–1953	Mario Zanin
Filippo Cortesi	Apostolic Nuncio in Paraguay 1936–1939	Albert Levame
Francesco Borgongini Duca	Apostolic Nuncio in Italy 1953–1958	Carlo Grano

personal data
SURNAME	Fietta, Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fietta, Giuseppe Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	November 6, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ivrea
DATE OF DEATH	October 1, 1960
Place of death	Ivrea