Luigi Dadaglio

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Cardinal Luigi Dadaglio (1988)
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Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio (born September 28, 1914 in Sezzadio , Alessandria Province , Italy , † August 22, 1990 in Rome ) was a Vatican diplomat and Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Luigi Dadaglio studied at the seminary in Acqui trays Catholic theology and philosophy and received on 22 May 1937 where the sacrament of Holy Orders . After a few months as a pastor he was released for further studies, so that he completed a doctoral degree from 1938 to 1942, which he completed in 1942 at the Pontifical Athenaeum Lateranense with both a doctorate in canon law and one in civil law , he was awarded the academic degree of Dr. . iur. utr. awarded.

He also attended the Pontifical Diplomatic Academy from 1941 to 1943 and joined the Vatican's diplomatic service in 1942 . There he initially worked in the Vatican State Secretariat . On August 24, 1946, Pope Pius XII awarded him . the honorary title of Surplus Secret Chamberlain of His Holiness ( Monsignor ). From 1946 to 1950 he was secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Haiti and the Dominican Republic .

From 1950 to 1953 Luigi Dadaglio was a member of the staff of the Apostolic Delegation in the USA . In 1953 and 1954 he worked for the Apostolic Delegation in Canada , from 1954 to 1958 for the Apostolic Delegation in Australia . On October 1, 1956, Pius XII awarded him. the title of House Prelate of His Holiness . From 1958 to 1960 Dadaglio was Nunciature Councilor in the Apostolic Nunciature in Colombia . In 1960 Pope John XXIII appointed him . to the Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela . On October 28, 1961, he was appointed titular archbishop of Lerus . The episcopal ordination received Luigi Dadaglio by Secretary of State Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani on December 8 of that year in the church San Gregorio Magno al Celio ; Co- consecrators were Archbishop Angelo Dell'Acqua and Giuseppe dell'Omo , Bishop of Acqui .

Luigi Dadaglio participated in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . Pope Paul VI appointed him in 1967 apostolic nuncio in Spain . Pope John Paul II called him back to Rome in 1980 as secretary of the Congregation for the Sacraments . He accepted Luigi Dadaglio on May 25, 1985 as a cardinal deacon with the title deaconry San Pio V a Villa Carpegna in the college of cardinals and appointed him a major cardinal penitentiary . In 1987, Cardinal Luigi Dadaglio was President of the Central Committee for the Marian Year . In April 1990 he resigned from office due to illness.

He died in Rome on August 22, 1990 and was buried in his native Sezzadio.

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Individual evidence

  1. Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1953 , Città del Vaticano 1953, p. 1135.
  2. Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1957 , Città del Vaticano 1957, p. 1190.
predecessor Office successor
Raffaele Forni Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela
1960–1967
Felice Pirozzi
Antonio Riberi Apostolic Nuncio in Spain
1967–1980
Antonio Innocenti
Giuseppe Cardinal Paupini Major cardinal
penalties 1984–1990
William Wakefield Cardinal Tree
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
1986–1990
Ugo Cardinal Poletti