Matteo Eustachio Gonella

Archbishop Gonella as Apostolic Nuncio in Munich (1865)

Matteo Eustachio Gonella (born September 20, 1811 in Turin , † April 15, 1870 in Rome ) was Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

After the confirmation on 22 May 1820, the son studied by Andrea Gonella theology in Turin and at the Sapienza in Rome, where he on December 20, 1841 utroque iure doctorate and doctorate in civil and canon law earned. Gonella's ordination took place in Saluzzo on February 18, 1838. He was Apostolic Delegate in the province of Orvieto from 1846 to 1847 and in the province of Viterbo from 1847 to 1848. Pope Pius IX appointed him on May 20, 1850 titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Syria and six days later donated him episcopal ordination in Rome ; Co-consecrators were Archbishop Domenico Lucciardi , Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops and Regulars , and Bishop Giuseppe Maria Castellani OESA., Papal Sacristan . From June 13, 1850 to October 1, 1861 he was Apostolic Nuncio in Belgium with his seat in Brussels . There Théophile Verbist (born June 12, 1823 in Antwerp , † February 23, 1868 in Mongolia ) presented his mission project to the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary . In this function he issued a visa for Edward VII on January 13, 1859 for the Papal States.

From October 1, 1861 to June 22, 1866 he was Apostolic Nuncio in Munich and resided at Ludwigstrasse 29/1. He arrived in Munich on January 5, 1862, where he was received on January 7 to receive the accreditation from Maximilian II Joseph . On June 22nd, 1866 he was appointed Bishop of Viterbo and Toscanella with the personal title of Archbishop .

Pope Pius IX took him on March 13, 1868 as a cardinal priest in the college of cardinals and three days later transferred the titular church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva to him . From 1869 to 1870 he was a participant in the First Vatican Council .

His body was laid out in Sant'Agostino and buried in Viterbo Cathedral.

literature

• Carlo M. Fiorentino:  Gonella, Matteo Eustachio. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 57:  Giulini – Gonzaga. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2001.

Web links

• Gonella, Matteo Eustachio. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 11, 2017.
• Entry on Matteo Eustachio Gonella on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 11, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ D. Verhelst: La Congrégation du Coeur Immaculé de Marie (Scheut). P. 22
2. ^ Carl Thomas McIntire : England Against the Papacy, 1858–1861: Tories, Liberals, and the Overthrow of Papal Temporal Power during the Italian Risorgimento. Cambridge University Press, 1983, p. 75
3. ^ Regensburger Zeitung ( digitized version )

predecessor	Office	successor
Gaetano Bedini	Bishop of Viterbo and Tuscania 1866–1870	Luigi Serafini